Every industry
Which jobs each industry employs comes from BLS; what AI can do in each job comes from its tasks. Put together: the share of each industry's paid hours now and by the end of 2028, on the at , with the across paces. Estimates, from data checked November 10, 2026.
Each industry page says what changes for its people and opens a typical company of a chosen size, or the whole industry nationwide, in the scan. What changes for workers, across the US.
of the paid hours of 155 million people. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.
35% to 37% across paces.
a year, at pay plus benefits and payroll costs. The cost of the work, not a saving.
| Industry | People | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finance and InsuranceNAICS 52 | 6.3M | 56% | 68%66% to 68% | $548B | 32% |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical ServicesNAICS 54 | 11M | 47% | 68%63% to 69% | $1.0T | 31% |
| Management of Companies and EnterprisesNAICS 55 | 2.8M | 49% | 67%63% to 68% | $289B | 32% |
| InformationNAICS 51 | 2.9M | 47% | 63%60% to 64% | $290B | 36% |
| Federal, State, and Local Government, excluding State and Local Government Schools and Hospitals and the U.S. Postal ServiceNAICS 99 | 10M | 35% | 45%43% to 45% | $547B | 55% |
| UtilitiesNAICS 22 | 598K | 33% | 44%41% to 44% | $40B | 56% |
| Wholesale TradeNAICS 42 | 6.0M | 35% | 41%39% to 41% | $279B | 59% |
| Real Estate and Rental and LeasingNAICS 53 | 2.4M | 34% | 39%38% to 39% | $91B | 61% |
| Educational ServicesNAICS 61 | 14M | 32% | 39%37% to 40% | $533B | 60% |
| Health Care and Social AssistanceNAICS 62 | 24M | 29% | 33%32% to 33% | $902B | 67% |
| ManufacturingNAICS 31-33 | 13M | 26% | 32%31% to 33% | $487B | 67% |
| Arts, Entertainment, and RecreationNAICS 71 | 2.8M | 28% | 31%31% to 31% | $65B | 69% |
| Other Services (except Public Administration)NAICS 81 | 4.5M | 26% | 31%30% to 31% | $123B | 69% |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation ServicesNAICS 56 | 9.1M | 26% | 30%30% to 31% | $254B | 70% |
| Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas ExtractionNAICS 21 | 570K | 22% | 28%26% to 28% | $23B | 72% |
| Retail TradeNAICS 44-45 | 16M | 26% | 28%27% to 28% | $287B | 73% |
| ConstructionNAICS 23 | 8.3M | 23% | 26%26% to 26% | $236B | 74% |
| Transportation and WarehousingNAICS 48-49 | 7.4M | 20% | 22%22% to 23% | $159B | 78% |
| Accommodation and Food ServicesNAICS 72 | 14M | 14% | 15%15% to 15% | $132B | 85% |
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and HuntingNAICS 11 | 413K | 11% | 12%11% to 12% | $3.9B | 88% |
Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.
Industries follow : 20 sectors, 85 subsectors and 247 industry groups, as BLS publishes them for May 2025. Value, end of 2028: the pay and payroll cost of the hours within reach, a year. Body and people work: the share of hours in tasks that need hands, a place or a person, which this estimate never counts as within reach.