Metro area, California
Napa, CA
77,860 people work in this area, at mean pay of $72,110 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: 28 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 30%
- 16%
- 55%
of the paid hours are within reach now in tasks people already bring to Claude. Another 15% 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, 17%. Today's estimate: 19%.
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 58% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Clerks, General | 1,230 | 54% | 1.4 million | $52K |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 700 | 78% | 1.1 million | $62K |
| Registered Nurses | 1,610 | 28% | 930,968 | $98K |
| Retail Salespersons | 2,150 | 19% | 867,568 | $41K |
| Customer Service Representatives | 640 | 64% | 857,293 | $53K |
| General and Operations Managers | 1,410 | 23% | 668,683 | $107K |
| Cashiers | 1,540 | 19% | 592,592 | $39K |
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products | 790 | 36% | 588,267 | $100K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 700 | 40% | 588,225 | $51K |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 630 | 43% | 558,232 | $59K |
| Demonstrators and Product Promoters | 1,010 | 21% | 445,371 | $50K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 600 | 35% | 431,810 | $79K |
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. 251 smaller jobs (29,830 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 91% 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.
- Compute, record, and proofread data and other information, such as records or reports.Office Clerks, General308,083 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 Nurses269,751 hours60% of the task within reach
- Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.Retail Salespersons260,516 hours50% of the task within reach
- Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks227,646 hours100% of the task within reach
- Keep periodic balance sheets of amounts and numbers of transactions.Cashiers226,434 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.A job in this area222,210 hours90% of the task within reach
- Plan, organize, and control the operations of a cocktail lounge or bar.Bartenders213,122 hours50% of the task within reach
- Perform bookkeeping duties, such as credits or collections, preparing and sending financial statements or bills, and keeping financial records.A job in this area204,289 hours100% of the task within reach
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.Registered Nurses184,653 hours100% of the task within reach
- Direct and coordinate activities of businesses or departments concerned with the production, pricing, sales, or distribution of products.General and Operations Managers180,296 hours40% of the task within reach
Other areas in California
Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA6,271,560 people22% now, 37% by 2028
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA2,373,920 people21% now, 41% by 2028
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA1,716,760 people20% now, 30% by 2028
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA1,538,060 people22% now, 37% by 2028
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA1,134,970 people21% now, 44% by 2028
- Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA1,080,590 people22% now, 37% by 2028
- Fresno, CA476,890 people20% now, 30% by 2028
- Bakersfield-Delano, CA338,230 people19% now, 29% 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