Can AI do your job?

Not predictions: graded, dated evidence of what AI has actually done in each job, task by task, and what has happened to the jobs themselves. Each task is graded 'deployed' only when a named organisation reports AI doing it in real work at scale, 'demonstrated' when it works in tests, benchmarks or pilots, and 'not yet' when we found no credible evidence AI does it reliably. For job losses we separate what a company said in its own words ('company says AI') from what reporters or analysts attributed to AI ('reported as AI') and from research ('study'); employment and outlook figures come from the BLS 2025-35 projections.

Pick your job

• Paralegals and legal assistants
  AI is already used across law firms for document review, drafting and summarising, and it can speed up research, but it still invents case law often enough that a person has to check every citation.
• Accountants, auditors and bookkeepers
  Routine data entry and transaction processing are already heavily automated, and BLS expects bookkeeping-clerk jobs to fall 6% while accountant jobs grow 5%.
• Customer service representatives
  AI already answers a large share of routine chats and calls at some large companies, and at least one CEO says it let him cut thousands of support jobs.
• Software developers
  AI now writes a large share of new code at some big companies, and coding is the single biggest use of AI chat tools.
• Interpreters and translators
  Machine translation is good enough that companies use it for routine content and freelance translators report lost work and income.
• Writers, copywriters and editors
  AI can draft routine and formulaic copy and is heavily used for writing and proofreading, and freelance markets saw fewer writing jobs after ChatGPT.
• Graphic designers
  Companies already use image generators to produce marketing images faster and cheaper, and freelance demand for image work dropped after these tools launched.
• Radiologists
  AI is widely deployed in radiology as a second reader and triage tool, and large trials show it can find more breast cancers while cutting reading workload by about 44%.
• Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers
  Driverless trucks are now hauling paying freight on a few highway lanes in Texas and the Southwest, but the leading operator expects about 200 trucks by the end of 2026 against more than 2.2 million truck-driving jobs.
• Financial analysts
  AI tools are in daily use at big banks for finding information and summarising, and the best agents answer about two-thirds of entry-level analyst questions with partial credit.
• High school teachers
  Most US teachers now use AI to prepare lessons and materials, and it saves weekly users close to six hours a week.
• Registered nurses
  Hospitals are deploying AI to draft nursing documentation and place routine patient-education calls, and algorithms already help set staffing levels.
• Pharmacists
  Robots already fill a large share of routine prescriptions at some chains, which frees pharmacists for vaccines and clinical work rather than cutting them.
• Data entry keyers
  This is one of the occupations BLS expects to shrink fastest, by about a quarter by 2035.
• Market research analysts
  Market research ranks near the top of Microsoft's list of jobs where AI is most applicable, and about half of researchers already use AI regularly.
• Insurance claims adjusters, examiners and investigators
  Claims is one of the few jobs where BLS itself projects AI-driven decline.
• Real estate brokers and sales agents
  About two-thirds of Realtors use AI, mostly to write listing copy and marketing, and a few startups now sell AI-led home buying with licensed agents in the background.
• Cashiers and retail salespersons
  Self-checkout and online shopping, not chatbots, are what BLS expects to shrink cashier jobs, by about 200,000 by 2035.
• News analysts, reporters and journalists
  Newsrooms have automated formulaic stories for a decade and most staff at some outlets now use AI daily, and a few publishers have tied layoffs partly to AI.
• Human resources specialists and recruiters
  HR is one of the first corporate functions where a big company has said plainly that AI replaced staff: IBM cut a few hundred HR roles after its HR chatbot began resolving most routine questions.

Spot an error or something out of date? Tell us; corrections are made and logged. Written with AI assistance from public sources; every fact checked and approved by Colin Balfe. General information, not legal, medical or financial advice.