Which jobs do people use Claude for?

Anthropic's Economic Index samples Claude.ai conversations and ties each to an O*NET work task. Summed over each job's tasks, that gives the job's . Here are the jobs with the largest share in May 2026, and the largest moves within one of Anthropic's methods. Beside each is this site's estimate of the share of the job's working time within reach of AI now.

Measured use, from Anthropic's data (CC BY 4.0), Claude.ai only: it says where Claude's use goes, not how much of a job's time it covers, and it is not on the same scale as reach. A task several jobs share is split evenly among them. Anthropic changed its method between releases, so numbers are compared only within one method. The newest file ties a large share of conversations to searching for information, which O*NET lists under document management specialists and librarians, so those two lead this ranking for a reason that has more to do with the classifier than with either job. Every job's line is on its page and in the open data.

The 30 largest shares, May 2026

Job	Share of Claude use	Tasks seen	Within reach now (estimate)
1.Document Management Specialists	5.4%	5 of 23	22%
2.Librarians and Media Collections Specialists134K people	4.5%	3 of 30	34%
3.Counter and Rental Clerks401K people	2.9%	2 of 16	23%
4.Editors92K people	2.7%	6 of 22	40%
5.Writers and Authors48K people	2.4%	10 of 20	20%
6.Computer User Support Specialists717K people	2.3%	6 of 16	42%
7.Computer Systems Analysts520K people	2%	9 of 22	10%
8.Web and Digital Interface Designers113K people	1.8%	15 of 30	19%
9.Technical Writers46K people	1.8%	7 of 15	30%
10.Data Warehousing Specialists	1.8%	6 of 18	7%
11.Computer Programmers92K people	1.7%	9 of 17	13%
12.News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists39K people	1.7%	7 of 30	36%
13.Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers	1.6%	8 of 16	10%
14.Library Technicians69K people	1.6%	3 of 31	36%
15.Credit Counselors28K people	1.6%	5 of 23	73%
16.Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products1.2M people	1.5%	5 of 18	36%
17.Substitute Teachers, Short-Term525K people	1.5%	4 of 18	7%
18.Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers187K people	1.4%	8 of 30	33%
19.Tutors175K people	1.3%	7 of 19	23%
20.Word Processors and Typists35K people	1.2%	9 of 19	67%
21.Graphic Designers198K people	1.1%	6 of 19	51%
22.Instructional Coordinators228K people	1.1%	9 of 30	12%
23.Computer Systems Engineers/Architects	1%	14 of 28	17%
24.Mathematicians2,030 people	1%	6 of 12	4%
25.Cashiers3.1M people	0.98%	3 of 28	19%
26.Interpreters and Translators52K people	0.98%	5 of 17	54%
27.Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians	0.95%	5 of 29	26%
28.Demonstrators and Product Promoters65K people	0.91%	4 of 21	21%
29.Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks214K people	0.89%	3 of 25	85%
30.Cardiologists17K people	0.89%	3 of 25	15%

The largest rises, the week of Aug 4, 2025 to the week of Feb 5, 2026

The longest run of releases made by one method, in points of the share of Claude use.

Tutors1.8% to 2.6%
Cashiers0.58% to 1.4%
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors0.95% to 1.6%
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary0.71% to 1.1%
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists0.66% to 1%
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products0.42% to 0.78%
Office Clerks, General1.1% to 1.5%
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary0.97% to 1.3%
Editors1.4% to 1.7%
Advertising and Promotions Managers0.23% to 0.53%
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers0.81% to 1.1%
Personal Financial Advisors0.32% to 0.57%
Investment Fund Managers0.22% to 0.47%
Web Administrators0.55% to 0.78%
Spa Managers0.15% to 0.37%

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