What Jobs Will AI Replace?

AI is most likely to replace jobs dominated by routine information processing: tax preparation, data entry, insurance underwriting, bookkeeping, and basic customer support. Our map shows the full ranking of 894 US occupations.

Routine accounting tasks like bookkeeping and tax preparation have high AI exposure (7–8 out of 10). However, advisory and forensic accounting roles score lower because they require judgment, client relationships, and creative problem-solving.

Document review and contract analysis are already being automated, pushing paralegal and legal assistant roles higher on the exposure scale. Courtroom litigation, client counseling, and strategic legal work remain harder to automate.

Code generation tools are changing how software is built, but engineering involves architecture decisions, debugging complex systems, and cross-team collaboration. Software engineers score in the moderate range (5–6), reflecting both high computer use and high creative demand.

AI excels at diagnostic imaging and pattern recognition, but clinical medicine requires physical examination, patient empathy, and judgment under uncertainty. Most physician specialties score low on our exposure scale.

Careers with low AI exposure typically involve physical skill (electricians, plumbers), creative expression (artists, designers), human care (nurses, therapists), or unpredictable environments (firefighters, police). These roles score 1–3 on our 0–10 scale.

Estimates vary widely. Our data shows about 111,508,290 occupations (those scoring above 7) are at highest risk. These roles employ millions of workers, but many will evolve rather than disappear entirely as AI augments rather than fully replaces human work.