Nonmetro area, Ohio
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area
249,750 people work in this area, at mean pay of $57,090 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: 102 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 32%
- 16%
- 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, 18%. Today's estimate: 20%.
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 | 3,890 | 54% | 4.4 million | $43K |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 2,000 | 78% | 3.2 million | $48K |
| Team Assemblers | 14,590 | 10% | 3.2 million | $48K |
| General and Operations Managers | 6,120 | 23% | 2.9 million | $81K |
| Stockers and Order Fillers | 7,120 | 19% | 2.8 million | $37K |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 2,390 | 53% | 2.6 million | $45K |
| Customer Service Representatives | 1,890 | 64% | 2.5 million | $45K |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 2,640 | 43% | 2.3 million | $44K |
| Retail Salespersons | 5,610 | 19% | 2.3 million | $30K |
| Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | 3,210 | 32% | 2.1 million | $79K |
| Registered Nurses | 3,630 | 28% | 2.1 million | $79K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers | 3,060 | 32% | 2 million | $74K |
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. 402 smaller jobs (108,180 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 97% 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.
- Review work orders and blueprints to ensure work is performed according to specifications.Team Assemblers1.3 million hours50% of the task within reach
- Complete production reports to communicate team production level to management.Team Assemblers1 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Compute, record, and proofread data and other information, such as records or reports.Office Clerks, General974,342 hours100% of the task within reach
- Determine work assignments and procedures.Team Assemblers931,962 hours50% 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, Hand799,449 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 Managers782,562 hours40% of the task within reach
- Set prices or credit terms for goods or services, based on forecasts of customer demand.General and Operations Managers748,146 hours100% of the task within reach
- Plan and establish sequence of operations to fabricate and assemble parts or products and to promote efficient utilization.Industrial Engineers741,041 hours99% 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 Workers717,952 hours100% of the task within reach
- Prepare staff work schedules and assign specific duties.General and Operations Managers704,912 hours80% of the task within reach
Other areas in Ohio
Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Columbus, OH1,105,580 people23% now, 37% by 2028
- Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN1,101,030 people23% now, 37% by 2028
- Cleveland, OH1,031,130 people23% now, 37% by 2028
- Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH372,660 people22% now, 36% by 2028
- Akron, OH319,560 people23% now, 36% by 2028
- Toledo, OH291,530 people21% now, 33% by 2028
- North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)247,110 people21% now, 31% by 2028
- Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area163,220 people21% 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