Industry group, 2372
Land Subdivision
33,580 people work in this industry in the US, at mean pay of $93,480 a year (BLS, May 2025). 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: 16 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 49%
- 17%
- 34%
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 industry's paid hours were within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 1%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 19%. 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 91% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 1,030 | 78% | 1.7 million | $54K |
| Office Clerks, General | 1,420 | 54% | 1.6 million | $45K |
| General and Operations Managers | 3,060 | 23% | 1.5 million | $159K |
| Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers | 1,670 | 32% | 1.1 million | $88K |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 1,240 | 43% | 1.1 million | $42K |
| Project Management Specialists | 1,430 | 33% | 984,532 | $97K |
| Real Estate Sales Agents | 1,190 | 33% | 826,718 | $74K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers | 1,390 | 27% | 771,952 | $80K |
| Construction Managers | 2,520 | 11% | 592,308 | $119K |
| Customer Service Representatives | 330 | 64% | 442,042 | $55K |
| Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel | 380 | 43% | 339,873 | $69K |
| Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators | 1,780 | 9% | 329,514 | $51K |
People: BLS counts for this industry, May 2025. Pay here: the median paid for the job in this industry, else its mean, else the national median. 47 smaller jobs (2,940 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 95% of the industry'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 industry, on the chosen pace and reliability.
- Manage and oversee operations, maintenance, administration, and improvement of commercial, industrial, or residential properties.Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers925,819 hours100% of the task within reach
- Develop or implement quality control programs.Construction Managers809,837 hours100% of the task within reach
- Plan, schedule, or coordinate construction project activities to meet deadlines.Construction Managers780,873 hours100% of the task within reach
- Plan, schedule, and coordinate general maintenance, major repairs, and remodeling or construction projects for commercial or residential properties.Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers429,538 hours100% 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 Auditors417,542 hours98% 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 Managers391,281 hours40% of the task within reach
- Set prices or credit terms for goods or services, based on forecasts of customer demand.General and Operations Managers374,073 hours100% of the task within reach
- Compute, record, and proofread data and other information, such as records or reports.Office Clerks, General355,673 hours100% of the task within reach
- Prepare staff work schedules and assign specific duties.General and Operations Managers352,456 hours80% of the task within reach
- Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks334,964 hours100% of the task within reach
Scan a typical company in this industry
The industry's largest jobs, in the proportions BLS counts across the whole industry, at the pay it pays, run through the company scan. A starting point before you have a roster, or a benchmark for the one you have.
Next to this industry
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 industry; each job's tasks and their lengths give its share within reach at a date; the industry'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