Nonmetro area, South Carolina
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
77,040 people work in this area, at mean pay of $49,740 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: 31 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 30%
- 17%
- 53%
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, 19%. Today's estimate: 21%.
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 57% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Clerks, General | 1,400 | 54% | 1.6 million | $35K |
| Customer Service Representatives | 1,110 | 64% | 1.5 million | $36K |
| Cashiers | 2,890 | 19% | 1.1 million | $28K |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 650 | 78% | 1 million | $45K |
| Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | 1,510 | 30% | 935,960 | $61K |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 1,040 | 43% | 921,525 | $38K |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 470 | 81% | 788,924 | $37K |
| Retail Salespersons | 1,730 | 19% | 698,090 | $29K |
| Stockers and Order Fillers | 1,640 | 19% | 648,128 | $36K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 730 | 40% | 613,435 | $37K |
| Registered Nurses | 1,060 | 28% | 612,936 | $80K |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 520 | 53% | 572,166 | $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. 259 smaller jobs (30,410 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 92% 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.
- Keep periodic balance sheets of amounts and numbers of transactions.Cashiers424,932 hours100% of the task within reach
- Compute, record, and proofread data and other information, such as records or reports.Office Clerks, General350,663 hours100% of the task within reach
- Compile and maintain non-monetary reports and records.Cashiers302,784 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, Hand286,910 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 Representatives251,221 hours100% of the task within reach
- Prepare objectives and outlines for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or requirements of states and schools.Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education237,004 hours100% of the task within reach
- Complete contract forms, prepare change of address records, or issue service discontinuance orders, using computers.Customer Service Representatives231,711 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 Executive227,775 hours53% of the task within reach
- Attend training classes to maintain certification licensure, keep abreast of new developments in the field, or maintain existing knowledge.A job in this area219,564 hours99% of the task within reach
- Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks211,385 hours100% of the task within reach
Other areas in South Carolina
Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC434,900 people23% now, 35% by 2028
- Columbia, SC394,200 people24% now, 37% by 2028
- Charleston-North Charleston, SC394,170 people22% now, 36% by 2028
- Spartanburg, SC165,150 people21% now, 31% by 2028
- Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC146,260 people22% now, 31% by 2028
- Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area93,600 people21% now, 31% by 2028
- Florence, SC89,060 people23% now, 33% by 2028
- Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC81,920 people22% 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