State
Louisiana
1,934,900 people work in Louisiana, at mean pay of $56,600 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: 893 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 37%
- 7%
- 57%
of the paid hours are within reach now in tasks people already bring to Claude. Another 18% 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, 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 51% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Clerks, General | 31,790 | 58% | 38 million | $32K |
| Customer Service Representatives | 25,780 | 67% | 36 million | $37K |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 18,980 | 76% | 30 million | $45K |
| Cashiers | 46,350 | 30% | 29 million | $27K |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 28,040 | 39% | 23 million | $39K |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 12,820 | 83% | 22 million | $33K |
| Registered Nurses | 48,970 | 21% | 21 million | $80K |
| Retail Salespersons | 49,570 | 20% | 21 million | $29K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 20,810 | 47% | 20 million | $57K |
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products | 19,120 | 44% | 18 million | $63K |
| General and Operations Managers | 43,220 | 19% | 17 million | $102K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 16,680 | 48% | 16 million | $36K |
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. 643 smaller jobs (916,990 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 96% 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 personnel activities, such as supervising and training employees.Fast Food and Counter Workers14 million 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 Nurses14 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
- Coordinate conferences, meetings, or special events, such as luncheons or graduation ceremonies.Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive10 million hours89% of the task within reach
- Compute, record, and proofread data and other information, such as records or reports.Office Clerks, General8 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 Managers7.7 million hours99% of the task within reach
- Plan, organize, and control the operations of a cocktail lounge or bar.A job in this area7.5 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Keep periodic balance sheets of amounts and numbers of transactions.Cashiers6.8 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Work with individuals, groups, or families to plan or implement programs designed to improve the overall health of communities.Registered Nurses6.7 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Prepare staff work schedules and assign specific duties.General and Operations Managers6.2 million hours100% of the task within reach
Metro and nonmetro areas in Louisiana
Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- New Orleans-Metairie, LA445,550 people23% now, 37% by 2028
- Baton Rouge, LA409,690 people23% now, 37% by 2028
- Lafayette, LA179,570 people24% now, 35% by 2028
- Shreveport-Bossier City, LA162,750 people24% now, 35% by 2028
- Lake Charles, LA101,690 people22% now, 33% by 2028
- Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA98,240 people25% now, 37% by 2028
- Monroe, LA87,500 people24% now, 34% by 2028
- Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA83,440 people23% now, 34% by 2028
- Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area80,130 people23% now, 33% by 2028
- Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area77,790 people23% now, 33% by 2028
- Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area62,470 people23% now, 33% by 2028
- Alexandria, LA60,000 people23% now, 34% by 2028
- Hammond, LA47,820 people23% now, 32% 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