From medical assistants to financial managers, people in many occupations are exposed to AI
Selected occupations by AI exposure score, from lowest to highest
| AI exposure | Exposure score | Occupation |
|---|---|---|
| Very low | 0.49 | Driver/sales workers and truck drivers |
| Very low | 0.59 | Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
| Very low | 0.70 | Construction laborers |
| Low | 0.80 | Carpenters |
| Low | 1.11 | Retail salespersons |
| Low | 1.14 | Home health aides |
| Medium | 1.54 | Medical assistants |
| Medium | 1.64 | Tellers |
| Medium | 1.66 | Audiologists |
| High | 2.14 | Court, municipal and license clerks |
| High | 2.31 | Travel agents |
| High | 2.36 | Proofreaders and copy markers |
| Very high | 3.09 | Accountants and auditors |
| Very high | 3.10 | Software developers, applications and systems software |
| Very high | 3.20 | Financial managers |
Note: AI exposure scores range from 0 to 3.5. A score of 0 means an occupation is the least exposed in our data, not that it has no tasks that can be done with AI. The occupations shown were selected for size, recognizability and variety of scores.
Source: Pew Research Center analysis of O*NET (Version 30.3) and Current Population Survey basic monthly files 2017-19 and January 2023-June 2026.
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