State
Massachusetts
3,637,650 people work in Massachusetts, at mean pay of $85,610 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: 1.7 billion hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 44%
- 9%
- 47%
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, 20%. 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 45% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 49,990 | 67% | 69 million | $49K |
| Office Clerks, General | 47,940 | 58% | 58 million | $50K |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 29,110 | 76% | 46 million | $60K |
| Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel | 32,300 | 69% | 46 million | $84K |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 22,210 | 87% | 40 million | $50K |
| Registered Nurses | 88,200 | 21% | 38 million | $105K |
| General and Operations Managers | 95,880 | 19% | 37 million | $127K |
| Cashiers | 58,880 | 30% | 37 million | $36K |
| Retail Salespersons | 86,860 | 20% | 36 million | $37K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 34,520 | 47% | 34 million | $77K |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 37,750 | 39% | 31 million | $58K |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | 85,810 | 15% | 27 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. 657 smaller jobs (1,944,920 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 personnel activities, such as supervising and training employees.Fast Food and Counter Workers26 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 Nurses25 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Collect and analyze data on customer demographics, preferences, needs, and buying habits to identify potential markets and factors affecting product demand.Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists23 million hours90% of the task within reach
- Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.Retail Salespersons21 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 Managers17 million hours99% of the task within reach
- Plan, organize, and control the operations of a cocktail lounge or bar.A job in this area15 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Prepare staff work schedules and assign specific duties.General and Operations Managers14 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Develop sales presentations or proposals to explain service specifications.Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel14 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 Executive14 million hours89% of the task within reach
- Modify existing software to correct errors, adapt it to new hardware, or upgrade interfaces and improve performance.Software Developers13 million hours100% of the task within reach
Metro and nonmetro areas in Massachusetts
Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH2,703,890 people23% now, 43% by 2028
- Worcester, MA349,880 people24% now, 38% by 2028
- Springfield, MA201,240 people24% now, 36% by 2028
- Barnstable Town, MA94,110 people23% now, 35% by 2028
- Amherst Town-Northampton, MA65,670 people24% now, 40% by 2028
- Pittsfield, MA56,810 people24% now, 37% by 2028
- Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area41,360 people24% now, 36% 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