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Manage web environment design, deployment, development and maintenance activities. Perform testing and quality assurance of web sites and web applications.

$116,580 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).

now
33%

of the working time. Estimate.

Kinds of work
  • 86%
  • 14%
  • 1%
31%

Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.

Half the desk work within reach
January 2027

On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.

Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030

0%25%50%75%100%2027202820292030NowDesk work: 86% of the time
Chosen to Ceiling: the share
DateNow
NowEnd of 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, 23%. Today's estimate: 33%.

0%10%20%30%40%2023202420252026GPT-4, March 2023: 0% within reachGPT-4 Turbo (Nov 2023), November 2023: 0% within reachGPT-4o, May 2024: 0% within reachClaude 3.5 Sonnet (June 2024), June 2024: 0% within reacho1-preview, September 2024: 0% within reachClaude 3.5 Sonnet (Oct 2024), October 2024: 0% within reacho1, December 2024: 0% within reachClaude 3.7 Sonnet, February 2025: 0% within reacho3, April 2025: 1% within reachGPT-5, August 2025: 2% within reachGemini 3 Pro, November 2025: 4% within reachClaude Opus 4.5, November 2025: 4% within reachGPT-5.2, December 2025: 6% within reachClaude Opus 4.6, February 2026: 6% within reachClaude Mythos Preview (early), April 2026: 23% within reachToday (estimate), September 2026: 33% within reach
Each step is a new best model measured by METR, four in five; the dashed end is today's estimate. Point at a dot for the model.

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 . 35 tasks from .

TaskKind
Collaborate with Web developers to create and operate internal and external Web sites, or to manage projects, such as e-marketing campaigns.Done more than monthly by most who do it. 10%3.3 h50 min to 1.7 work daysStays with people
Determine sources of Web page or server problems, and take action to correct such problems.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task.8%1.7 h25 min to 6.7 h43%Half by Nov 2026
Gather, analyze, or document user feedback to locate or resolve sources of problems.Done more than monthly by most who do it. AI observed on this task.6%2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h46%Half by Oct 2026
Identify or address interoperability requirements.Done more than monthly by most who do it. 6%3.3 h50 min to 1.3 work days25%Half by Mar 2027
Develop and implement marketing plans for home pages, including print advertising or advertisement rotation.Done more than yearly by most who do it. 5%1 work day2.5 h to 4.2 work days5%Half by Dec 2027
Track, compile, and analyze Web site usage data.Done more than monthly by most who do it. AI observed on this task.5%2.5 h38 min to 6.7 h38%Half by Dec 2026
Correct testing-identified problems, or recommend actions for their resolution.Done daily by most who do it. 4%1.7 h25 min to 6.7 h43%Half by Nov 2026
Develop or implement procedures for ongoing Web site revision.Done more than yearly by most who do it. AI observed on this task.4%3.3 h50 min to 6.7 h32%Half by Jan 2027
Review or update Web page content or links in a timely manner, using appropriate tools.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task.4%50 min17 min to 2.5 h87%Half by now
Collaborate with development teams to discuss, analyze, or resolve usability issues.Done more than monthly by most who do it. 4%1.7 h38 min to 5 hStays with people
Develop or document style guidelines for Web site content.Done more than yearly by most who do it. AI observed on this task.4%5 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days15%Half by Jun 2027
Monitor systems for intrusions or denial of service attacks, and report security breaches to appropriate personnel.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task.3%38 min13 min to 2.5 h86%Half by now

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.

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