Nonmetro area, West Virginia
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area
75,980 people work in this area, at mean pay of $50,640 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: 30 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 31%
- 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 870 | 78% | 1.4 million | $38K |
| Office Clerks, General | 1,030 | 54% | 1.2 million | $32K |
| Cashiers | 2,570 | 19% | 988,936 | $23K |
| Registered Nurses | 1,580 | 28% | 913,621 | $77K |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 970 | 43% | 859,500 | $37K |
| Customer Service Representatives | 610 | 64% | 817,107 | $37K |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 620 | 59% | 758,285 | $30K |
| General and Operations Managers | 1,540 | 23% | 730,334 | $76K |
| Retail Salespersons | 1,720 | 19% | 694,055 | $29K |
| Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | 1,080 | 30% | 669,428 | $52K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers | 1,000 | 28% | 586,563 | $35K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 670 | 40% | 563,015 | $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. 262 smaller jobs (29,940 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.Cashiers377,880 hours100% of the task within reach
- Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks282,931 hours100% of the task within reach
- Compile and maintain non-monetary reports and records.Cashiers269,258 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 Nurses264,725 hours60% of the task within reach
- Compute, record, and proofread data and other information, such as records or reports.Office Clerks, General257,988 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 Executive212,444 hours53% of the task within reach
- Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.Retail Salespersons208,413 hours50% 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 area207,366 hours99% 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 Managers196,919 hours40% of the task within reach
- Establish credit policies and operating procedures.First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers195,265 hours100% of the task within reach
Other areas in West Virginia
Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area145,750 people21% now, 32% by 2028
- Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH140,740 people23% now, 34% by 2028
- Charleston, WV103,450 people23% now, 36% by 2028
- Morgantown, WV67,370 people23% now, 37% by 2028
- Wheeling, WV-OH58,130 people22% now, 31% by 2028
- Beckley, WV43,080 people22% now, 31% by 2028
- Parkersburg-Vienna, WV36,280 people22% now, 32% by 2028
- Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH36,220 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