Legislators
Develop, introduce, or enact laws and statutes at the local, tribal, state, or federal level. Includes only workers in elected positions.
$108,510 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).
of the working time. Estimate.
- 72%
- 8%
- 20%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 12%. Today's estimate: 17%.
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.
The tasks
Sorted by . 30 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Develop expertise in subject matters related to committee assignments. | 7% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 4.2 work days | 6%Half by Jan 2028 | |
| Prepare drafts of amendments, government policies, laws, rules, regulations, budgets, programs and procedures. | 7% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 4.2 work days | 6%Half by Jan 2028 | |
| Seek federal funding for local projects and programs. | 7% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 3.1 work days | 7%Half by Nov 2027 | |
| Evaluate the structure, efficiency, activities, and performance of government agencies. | 7% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 4.2 work days | 6%Half by Jan 2028 | |
| Organize and maintain campaign organizations and fundraisers, in order to raise money for election or re-election. | 7% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 9%Half by Aug 2027 | |
| Represent their government at local, national, and international meetings and conferences. | 7% | 6.7 h2.5 h to 2.1 work days | Stays with people | |
| Determine campaign strategies for media advertising, positions on issues, and public appearances. | 4% | 4.2 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 20%Half by Apr 2027 | |
| Analyze and understand the local and national implications of proposed legislation. | 4% | 3.3 h50 min to 1.7 work days | 21%Half by May 2027 | |
| Negotiate with colleagues or members of other political parties in order to reconcile differing interests, and to create policies and agreements. | 4% | 3.3 h50 min to 1.7 work days | Stays with people | |
| Review bills in committee, and make recommendations about their future. | 4% | 3.3 h50 min to 1.3 work days | 25%Half by Mar 2027 | |
| Serve on commissions, investigative panels, study groups, and committees in order to examine specialized areas and recommend action. | 4% | 3.3 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 28%Half by Feb 2027 | |
| Attend receptions, dinners, and conferences to meet people, exchange views and information, and develop working relationships. | 4% | 3.3 h1.3 h to 6.7 h | Stays with people |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.