Subsector, 533
Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works)
21,250 people work in this industry in the US, at mean pay of $105,740 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: 11 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 70%
- 23%
- 7%
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, 22%. Today's estimate: 27%.
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 90% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel | 1,860 | 43% | 1.7 million | $72K |
| General and Operations Managers | 2,500 | 23% | 1.2 million | $150K |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 660 | 78% | 1.1 million | $58K |
| Office Clerks, General | 640 | 54% | 722,842 | $53K |
| Customer Service Representatives | 520 | 64% | 696,550 | $50K |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 520 | 43% | 460,763 | $43K |
| Training and Development Specialists | 740 | 21% | 329,391 | $76K |
| Sales Managers | 450 | 28% | 262,081 | $126K |
| Computer User Support Specialists | 290 | 42% | 252,741 | $57K |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | 1,350 | 7% | 204,988 | $75K |
| Graphic Designers | 190 | 51% | 202,739 | $57K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 280 | 35% | 201,511 | $80K |
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. 38 smaller jobs (1,890 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 93% 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.
- Develop sales presentations or proposals to explain service specifications.Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel794,506 hours100% of the task within reach
- Collect and analyze data on customer demographics, preferences, needs, and buying habits to identify potential markets and factors affecting product demand.Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists769,189 hours90% of the task within reach
- Identify prospective customers using business directories, leads from clients, or information from conferences or trade shows.Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel398,179 hours70% of the task within reach
- Gather data on competitors and analyze their prices, sales, and method of marketing and distribution.Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists335,064 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 Managers319,674 hours40% of the task within reach
- Set prices or credit terms for goods or services, based on forecasts of customer demand.General and Operations Managers305,615 hours100% of the task within reach
- Prepare staff work schedules and assign specific duties.General and Operations Managers287,954 hours80% of the task within reach
- Monitor market conditions, innovations, and competitors' services, prices, and sales.Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel283,428 hours100% of the task within reach
- Devise and evaluate methods and procedures for collecting data, such as surveys, opinion polls, or questionnaires, or arrange to obtain existing data.Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists272,999 hours96% of the task within reach
- Identify, develop, or evaluate marketing strategy, based on knowledge of establishment objectives, market characteristics, and cost and markup factors.Marketing Managers268,415 hours72% 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.
Inside 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