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The U.S. Labor Market, right now.

Live BLS macro readings, AI-exposure forecasts across 342 occupations, and the latest headlines on AI-driven job losses — refreshed automatically every two hours.

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Total jobs represented
48.9M
Across BLS OOH sample
Median pay (weighted)
$63,327
Employment-weighted
Avg AI exposure
49/100
Top: Cashiers
Highest-growth role
Data Scientists
+35%
Most at-risk role
Executive Secretaries & Admin Assistants
-19%
Human–AI collaboration timeline

When U.S. workers move from using AI as a tool to truly collaborating with one — or supervising a team of — AI agents. Derived from 48.9M jobs across 342 occupations at horizon Now.

≥50% crossover
May 2026
Tool-assisted
1 : 0
20.0%
9.8M workers
Co-pilot
1 : 1
80.0%
39.1M workers
Agent team
1 : 4
0.0%
0 workers
Supervised swarm
1 : 10
0.0%
0 workers
Roles already in collaboration · Now
  • Executive Secretaries & Admin Assistants461.1KCo-pilot · 1 : 1
  • Bookkeeping & Accounting Clerks1.5MCo-pilot · 1 : 1
  • Customer Service Representatives2.9MCo-pilot · 1 : 1
  • Cashiers3.3MCo-pilot · 1 : 1
  • Paralegals & Legal Assistants369.1KCo-pilot · 1 : 1

Model: stage = f(AI exposure, horizon). Co-pilot triggers at exposure ≥30; agent-team at ≥55 once ≥1y of integration; supervised swarm at ≥75 once ≥2y. Live data refreshes every 2 hours alongside BLS macro and AI-news signals.

Agent-executed financial transactions

When can an AI agent move money?

Live projection of when enterprises can delegate financial transactions to AI agents — derived from AI-exposure forecasts across 3 finance & accounting occupations and an integration-maturity gate.

At Now
40%
finance $-volume agent-executable
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Unlocked

Categorize spend, flag anomalies, draft journal entries — human posts.

Cap $0 available now
Micro-payments & expenses
Locked

Approve receipts, route reimbursements, settle SaaS invoices under policy.

Cap ≤ $1K May 2027
Full A/P & A/R cycles
Locked

Match POs, schedule payments, dunning, reconcile bank feeds end-to-end.

Cap ≤ $25K May 2028
Procurement & vendor terms
Locked

Negotiate renewals, run RFPs, commit budget within board-approved bands.

Cap ≤ $250K May 2029
Treasury & FX execution
Locked

Cash sweeps, FX hedging, money-market placements with audit trail.

Cap ≤ $5M May 2030
Autonomous capital ops
Locked

Portfolio rebalancing & funding rounds — still subject to board ratification.

Cap Board-bound May 2031
Top 20 U.S. banks by consolidated assets

Live agent-executable $-volume · Now

Estimate = consolidated assets × 40% finance autonomy at horizon
#BankParentAssetsAgent-executableTrust ceiling
1JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.JPMorgan Chase & Co.$3.75T
$1.50T
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2Bank of America, N.A.Bank of America Corp.$2.64T
$1.06T
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3Citibank, N.A.Citigroup$1.84T
$736B
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4Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Wells Fargo & Co.$1.82T
$728B
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5U.S. Bank, N.A.U.S. Bancorp$676B
$270B
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6Capital One, N.A.Capital One Financial Corp.$658B
$263B
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7Goldman Sachs Bank USAGoldman Sachs Group$645B
$258B
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8PNC Bank, N.A.PNC Financial Services Group$568B
$227B
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9Truist BankTruist Financial Corp.$540B
$216B
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10Bank of New York MellonBNY Mellon Corp.$381B
$152B
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11State Street Bank and Trust Co.State Street Corp.$361B
$144B
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12TD Bank, N.A.TD Group US Holdings$346B
$138B
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13Morgan Stanley Private Bank, N.A.Morgan Stanley$255B
$102B
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14Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.Morgan Stanley$253B
$101B
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15BMO Bank, N.A.BMO Financial Corp.$252B
$101B
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16First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co.First Citizens BancShares$229B
$92B
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17Citizens Bank, N.A.Citizens Financial Group$226B
$90B
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18Huntington National BankHuntington Bancshares$224B
$90B
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19Fifth Third Bank, N.A.Fifth Third Bancorp$214B
$86B
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20M&T BankM&T Bank Corp.$213B
$85B
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Top 20 total$16.09T$6.44Tcap $0
Agent-executable share Finance AI exposureWeighted across 3.8M finance & accounting workers
AI literacy · enforcement trajectory

When does AI literacy become required?

Live projection from the DOL/ETA AI Literacy Framework (Feb 2026) through universal-worker enforcement — driven by exposure forecasts across 35 U.S. occupations.

At Now
42
/100 enforcement maturity
DOL AI Literacy Framework
Reached

Five content areas, seven delivery principles. Voluntary guidance for workforce & education systems.

Released Feb 2026 in effect now
WIOA-funded AI skill programs
Pending

Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act funds + governor's reserve money flow to AI skill development.

Active (TEGL 03-25) May 2027
Federal contractor & hire rule
Pending

Federal hiring & contractor onboarding requires baseline AI literacy attestation for affected roles.

Likely 1–2y May 2027
State-level mandates
Pending

Leading states (CA, NY, TX, WA, IL) codify AI literacy into licensing, K-12 graduation, and CTE.

Likely 2–3y May 2028
Broad employer mandate
Pending

OSHA-style rule or amended FLSA guidance: covered employers must certify role-appropriate AI literacy.

Likely 3–5y May 2030
Universal worker requirement
Pending

Federal floor: every W-2 worker in covered occupations holds a verified AI literacy credential.

Aspirational ≥5y beyond 5y
Workforce in scope (exposure ≥ 30) Enforcement maturity index39.1M workers in scope at Now
Change attribution · AI vs broader labor forces

Decompose the projected employment change at 1y into AI-exposure pressure, baseline BLS trend, and other macro forces. Slide AI sensitivity to stress-test the assumption.

AI exposure
10% of change
-193K
Baseline trend
90% of change
+1.8M
Other forces
0% of change
+0
Net projected change: +1.6M jobs across 48.9M workers.
AI sensitivity1.00×

Model: aiJobs = −0.008 · sensitivity · (exposure/100) · employment · years. Baseline uses BLS OOH growth rate over the horizon; other forces are the residual vs the live forecast. Drag the slider to see how much of the story is AI-driven vs structural.

AI Agent Substitution Scenarios

What if AI agents perform 20–50% of U.S. economic labor?

Live model: applies AI-exposure forecasts across 35 occupations to three agent-adoption scenarios where humans shift into supervision, review, and exception-handling roles. Showing 1y horizon.

Horizon
Agents perform
20% of labor
1 human : 6 agents
Tasks automated
4.8M FTE
hours shifted to agents
New supervisor roles
804.3K
+18% wage premium
Net jobs at risk
4M
8.2% of workforce
Output uplift
12%
vs. today's baseline
Agents perform
35% of labor
1 human : 8 agents
Tasks automated
8.4M FTE
hours shifted to agents
New supervisor roles
1.1M
+26% wage premium
Net jobs at risk
7.4M
15.1% of workforce
Output uplift
22%
vs. today's baseline
Agents perform
50% of labor
1 human : 10 agents
Tasks automated
12.1M FTE
hours shifted to agents
New supervisor roles
1.2M
+34% wage premium
Net jobs at risk
10.9M
22.2% of workforce
Output uplift
35%
vs. today's baseline
Net jobs at risk (millions) — trajectory across horizons
Source: BLS + KAR AI exposure forecasts

Model assumption: displaced task-hours = employment × AI exposure × agent-adoption share. Human supervisor demand scales inversely with agent autonomy. Wage premium reflects shift to oversight, judgment, and exception-handling work.

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Knowledge work first

Office, legal and finance roles show 70–88 AI exposure — review queues and verification are the design center.

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Physical work persists

Trades, caregiving and food service score 80+ on physical-world barrier — augmentation outpaces substitution.

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Score, don't speculate

Run AI exposure rubrics across 342 occupations and route low-confidence cases to humans.

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