Metro area, Michigan
Midland, MI
37,300 people work in this area, at mean pay of $70,070 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: 14 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 37%
- 20%
- 43%
of the paid hours are within reach now in tasks people already bring to Claude. Another 17% 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, 20%. Today's estimate: 22%.
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 60% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 620 | 64% | 830,502 | $48K |
| Registered Nurses | 1,380 | 28% | 797,973 | $86K |
| Office Clerks, General | 630 | 54% | 711,548 | $44K |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 420 | 81% | 704,996 | $40K |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 370 | 78% | 597,210 | $47K |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 500 | 43% | 443,041 | $49K |
| Retail Salespersons | 790 | 19% | 318,781 | $33K |
| General and Operations Managers | 620 | 23% | 294,031 | $98K |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 240 | 59% | 293,530 | $37K |
| Personal Care Aides | 1,350 | 10% | 269,568 | $37K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 320 | 40% | 268,903 | $37K |
| Cashiers | 660 | 19% | 253,968 | $30K |
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. 154 smaller jobs (11,950 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 81% 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 Nurses231,215 hours60% 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 Assistants168,238 hours100% of the task within reach
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.Registered Nurses158,274 hours100% of the task within reach
- Compute, record, and proofread data and other information, such as records or reports.Office Clerks, General157,798 hours100% 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 Representatives140,321 hours100% of the task within reach
- Complete contract forms, prepare change of address records, or issue service discontinuance orders, using computers.Customer Service Representatives129,424 hours100% of the task within reach
- Develop, improve, or customize products, equipment, formulas, processes, or analytical methods.Chemists121,793 hours85% of the task within reach
- Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.Accountants and Auditors120,445 hours98% of the task within reach
- Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks120,327 hours100% of the task within reach
- Evaluate financial reporting systems, accounting or collection procedures, or investment activities and make recommendations for changes to procedures, operating systems, budgets, or other financial control functions.Financial Managers118,112 hours94% of the task within reach
Other areas in Michigan
Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI1,904,530 people22% now, 37% by 2028
- Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI598,260 people21% now, 34% by 2028
- Ann Arbor, MI219,730 people24% now, 40% by 2028
- Lansing-East Lansing, MI217,180 people23% now, 39% by 2028
- Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area152,580 people21% now, 32% by 2028
- Flint, MI135,040 people22% now, 32% by 2028
- Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area134,800 people20% now, 31% by 2028
- Kalamazoo-Portage, MI121,790 people23% now, 35% 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