Nonmetro area, South Carolina
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
93,600 people work in this area, at mean pay of $53,530 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: 38 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 32%
- 17%
- 52%
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 55% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Clerks, General | 1,800 | 54% | 2 million | $35K |
| Customer Service Representatives | 1,380 | 64% | 1.8 million | $38K |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 750 | 78% | 1.2 million | $46K |
| Cashiers | 2,770 | 19% | 1.1 million | $28K |
| Retail Salespersons | 2,600 | 19% | 1 million | $30K |
| Registered Nurses | 1,810 | 28% | 1 million | $83K |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 940 | 53% | 1 million | $42K |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 1,100 | 43% | 974,690 | $42K |
| Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | 1,450 | 30% | 898,769 | $60K |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 520 | 81% | 872,852 | $38K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers | 1,260 | 32% | 836,038 | $76K |
| Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | 1,130 | 32% | 754,480 | $61K |
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. 300 smaller jobs (38,990 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 93% 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, General450,852 hours100% of the task within reach
- Keep periodic balance sheets of amounts and numbers of transactions.Cashiers407,288 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, Hand394,153 hours100% of the task within reach
- Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.Retail Salespersons315,043 hours50% 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 Representatives312,328 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 Nurses303,261 hours60% of the task within reach
- Plan and establish work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals.First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers295,627 hours100% of the task within reach
- Review work orders and blueprints to ensure work is performed according to specifications.Team Assemblers293,592 hours50% of the task within reach
- Compile and maintain non-monetary reports and records.Cashiers290,212 hours100% of the task within reach
- Complete contract forms, prepare change of address records, or issue service discontinuance orders, using computers.Customer Service Representatives288,073 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
- Florence, SC89,060 people23% now, 33% by 2028
- Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC81,920 people22% now, 32% by 2028
- Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area77,040 people21% now, 30% 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