Metro area, Puerto Rico
Guayama, PR
12,450 people work in this area, at mean pay of $34,090 a year (BLS, May 2025), in every industry. What follows is how much of their working time the best AI models could finish, when, and in which jobs and tasks. Estimates.
of the paid hours. Estimate.
a year: 4.1 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 30%
- 21%
- 49%
of the paid hours are within reach now in tasks people already bring to Claude. Another 19% is within reach in tasks not yet seen there.
Across the US: 22% within reach now and 37% by the end of 2028, on the long-run pace at four in five.
Share of the paid hours within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this area's paid hours were within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 2%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 21%. Today's estimate: 23%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
Where the hours are
Jobs by hours within reach now. The 40 largest jobs hold 84% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Clerks, General | 270 | 54% | 304,949 | $23K |
| Retail Salespersons | 650 | 19% | 262,288 | $22K |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 140 | 81% | 234,999 | $31K |
| Cashiers | 550 | 19% | 211,640 | $22K |
| Registered Nurses | 350 | 28% | 202,384 | $39K |
| Customer Service Representatives | 140 | 64% | 187,533 | $26K |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 210 | 43% | 186,077 | $24K |
| Stockers and Order Fillers | 390 | 19% | 154,128 | $26K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers | 240 | 28% | 140,775 | $29K |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 80 | 77% | 127,629 | $28K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 160 | 35% | 115,149 | $38K |
| Team Assemblers | 520 | 10% | 112,486 | $23K |
People: BLS counts for this area, May 2025. Pay here: the median paid for the job in this area, else its mean, else the national median. 46 smaller jobs (1,385 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 68% of the area's people; the rest are in BLS "all other" groups with no task list, or in counts BLS does not publish.
The tasks with the most hours within reach by the end of 2028
Across the whole area, on the chosen pace and reliability.
- Keep periodic balance sheets of amounts and numbers of transactions.Cashiers80,869 hours100% of the task within reach
- Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.Retail Salespersons78,761 hours50% of the task within reach
- Compute, record, and proofread data and other information, such as records or reports.Office Clerks, General67,628 hours100% of the task within reach
- Perform administrative or managerial functions, such as taking responsibility for a unit's staff, budget, planning, or long-range goals.Registered Nurses58,642 hours60% of the task within reach
- Compile and maintain non-monetary reports and records.Cashiers57,623 hours100% of the task within reach
- Perform bookkeeping duties, such as credits or collections, preparing and sending financial statements or bills, and keeping financial records.Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants56,079 hours100% of the task within reach
- Compile reports of cost factors, such as labor, production, storage, and equipment.Billing and Posting Clerks49,897 hours100% of the task within reach
- Establish credit policies and operating procedures.First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers46,864 hours100% of the task within reach
- Design new equipment to aid in the repair or maintenance of machines, mechanical equipment, or building structures.Maintenance and Repair Workers, General46,801 hours70% of the task within reach
- Coordinate conferences, meetings, or special events, such as luncheons or graduation ceremonies.Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive45,993 hours53% of the task within reach
Other areas in Puerto Rico
Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR690,810 people24% now, 37% by 2028
- Ponce, PR63,500 people23% now, 32% by 2028
- Mayaguez, PR52,110 people23% now, 31% by 2028
- Aguadilla, PR48,810 people23% now, 34% by 2028
- Arecibo, PR34,720 people23% now, 31% by 2028
- Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area29,460 people21% now, 28% by 2028
How it is built: BLS counts the people in each job in this area; each job's tasks and their lengths give its share within reach at a date; the area's share is those shares weighted by people. Value is pay times 1.43 for benefits and payroll costs. Seen in Claude use splits today's share by whether Anthropic saw people bring each task to Claude in 2025; other AI tools are not counted. How it works