Subsector, 531
Real Estate
1,837,320 people work in this industry in the US, at mean pay of $68,380 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: 1 billion hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 46%
- 16%
- 38%
of the paid hours are within reach now in tasks people already bring to Claude. Another 19% 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, 2%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 23%. 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers | 252,840 | 32% | 167 million | $64K |
| Real Estate Sales Agents | 157,630 | 33% | 110 million | $50K |
| Counter and Rental Clerks | 93,130 | 53% | 103 million | $43K |
| Office Clerks, General | 86,200 | 54% | 97 million | $44K |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 50,020 | 78% | 81 million | $53K |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 51,950 | 43% | 46 million | $47K |
| Maintenance and Repair Workers, General | 316,160 | 6% | 37 million | $48K |
| General and Operations Managers | 72,330 | 23% | 34 million | $105K |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 25,860 | 59% | 32 million | $41K |
| Customer Service Representatives | 22,240 | 64% | 30 million | $44K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers | 47,970 | 27% | 27 million | $67K |
| Real Estate Brokers | 41,070 | 28% | 24 million | $73K |
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. 169 smaller jobs (173,060 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 98% 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 Managers140 million 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 Managers65 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Design new equipment to aid in the repair or maintenance of machines, mechanical equipment, or building structures.Maintenance and Repair Workers, General48 million hours70% of the task within reach
- Compute, record, and proofread data and other information, such as records or reports.Office Clerks, General22 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Compare a property with similar properties that have recently sold to determine its competitive market price.Real Estate Sales Agents21 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Act as liaisons between on-site managers or tenants and owners.Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers20 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Contact property owners and advertise services to solicit property sales listings.Real Estate Sales Agents20 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Investigate complaints, disturbances, and violations and resolve problems, following management rules and regulations.Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers19 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Prepare and administer contracts for provision of property services, such as cleaning, maintenance, and security services.Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers17 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks16 million 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.
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