Metro area, New Jersey
Trenton-Princeton, NJ
240,190 people work in this area, at mean pay of $82,560 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: 106 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 47%
- 18%
- 36%
of the paid hours are within reach now in tasks people already bring to Claude. Another 18% 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: 23%.
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 46% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 3,140 | 64% | 4.2 million | $48K |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 3,680 | 43% | 3.3 million | $54K |
| Office Clerks, General | 2,770 | 54% | 3.1 million | $49K |
| Registered Nurses | 5,180 | 28% | 3 million | $100K |
| Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents | 2,040 | 59% | 2.5 million | $92K |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 1,980 | 59% | 2.4 million | $41K |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 1,470 | 78% | 2.4 million | $58K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 2,770 | 35% | 2 million | $79K |
| Cashiers | 4,800 | 19% | 1.8 million | $35K |
| General and Operations Managers | 3,100 | 23% | 1.5 million | $181K |
| Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel | 1,620 | 43% | 1.4 million | $77K |
| Compliance Officers | 1,880 | 37% | 1.4 million | $88K |
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. 416 smaller jobs (118,550 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.
- Verify that all firm and regulatory policies and procedures have been documented, implemented, and communicated.Compliance Officers1.1 million hours94% of the task within reach
- Develop and implement records management program for filing, protection, and retrieval of records, and assure compliance with program.Management Analysts1.1 million hours76% of the task within reach
- Modify existing software to correct errors, adapt it to new hardware, or upgrade interfaces and improve performance.Software Developers946,673 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 Managers937,275 hours94% of the task within reach
- Analyze data gathered and develop solutions or alternative methods of proceeding.Management Analysts910,568 hours98% 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 Nurses867,895 hours60% 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 Executive805,972 hours53% 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 Auditors773,523 hours98% of the task within reach
- Develop or analyze information to assess the current or future financial status of firms.Financial Managers763,982 hours96% of the task within reach
- Use computers for various applications, such as database management or word processing.Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive735,035 hours100% of the task within reach
Other areas in New Jersey
Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
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