State
Kentucky
2,000,360 people work in Kentucky, at mean pay of $58,990 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: 1 billion hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 37%
- 7%
- 56%
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: 24% within reach now and 39% 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, 3%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 22%. Today's estimate: 25%.
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 50% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 38,630 | 67% | 53 million | $39K |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 26,430 | 87% | 48 million | $39K |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 23,480 | 76% | 37 million | $47K |
| Office Clerks, General | 29,750 | 58% | 36 million | $38K |
| Cashiers | 44,550 | 30% | 28 million | $29K |
| Registered Nurses | 50,300 | 21% | 22 million | $81K |
| Retail Salespersons | 51,250 | 20% | 21 million | $30K |
| General and Operations Managers | 52,100 | 19% | 20 million | $79K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 19,670 | 47% | 19 million | $63K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 18,010 | 48% | 18 million | $36K |
| Stockers and Order Fillers | 47,730 | 18% | 18 million | $37K |
| Team Assemblers | 47,320 | 18% | 17 million | $48K |
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. 670 smaller jobs (977,360 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 98% 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.
- Perform administrative or managerial functions, such as taking responsibility for a unit's staff, budget, planning, or long-range goals.Registered Nurses14 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Perform personnel activities, such as supervising and training employees.Fast Food and Counter Workers13 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.Retail Salespersons12 million 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 Assistants11 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Establish or implement departmental policies, goals, objectives, or procedures in conjunction with board members, organization officials, or staff members.General and Operations Managers9.3 million hours99% of the task within reach
- Obtain and examine all relevant information to assess validity of complaints and to determine possible causes, such as extreme weather conditions that could increase utility bills.Customer Service Representatives8.7 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Contact customers to respond to inquiries or to notify them of claim investigation results or any planned adjustments.Customer Service Representatives8.4 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Review work orders and blueprints to ensure work is performed according to specifications.Team Assemblers8.4 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Record numbers of units handled or moved, using daily production sheets or work tickets.Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand8.1 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Complete contract forms, prepare change of address records, or issue service discontinuance orders, using computers.Customer Service Representatives8.1 million hours100% of the task within reach
Metro and nonmetro areas in Kentucky
Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN685,190 people25% now, 36% by 2028
- Lexington-Fayette, KY286,910 people25% now, 38% by 2028
- Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area172,720 people24% now, 37% by 2028
- South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area172,150 people24% now, 33% by 2028
- West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area128,740 people23% now, 32% by 2028
- East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area91,910 people26% now, 36% by 2028
- Bowling Green, KY82,160 people24% now, 34% by 2028
- Elizabethtown, KY51,540 people25% now, 38% by 2028
- Paducah, KY-IL50,270 people24% now, 35% by 2028
- Owensboro, KY49,450 people24% now, 33% 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