Pay against exposure, one point per occupation
The common framing says AI arrives at the bottom of the labour market first. Plotted against what people are actually paid, that is not what this index shows. Hover any point for the figures, click it for the full breakdown of that job.
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What the chart shows
computedThe floor is held by hands, not by difficulty
The cluster at the bottom left is preparation, cleaning, serving and moving things. It scores low because every task in it needs a body in a room, and this index rates what a generally available system can produce, not what a robot might one day do.
The ceiling is held by a signature
The high paid work at the right is not beyond current capability. It is held back by accountability, presence and the cost of checking, which is close to a description of what a professional licence buys. That is the assisted band, and it is the best paid band in the index.
The middle is two economies at once
Around the median wage the chart splits vertically rather than clustering. Bookkeepers and secretaries sit near the top of the range, heavy truck drivers and construction labourers near the bottom. Any single figure for that band describes nobody in it.
Exposure is not displacement. A point high on this chart means current systems can produce that work with little structural obstacle, not that anyone will stop paying a person to do it. Adoption depends on economics, liability, procurement and inertia, none of which this index measures. The full argument is in exposure rises with pay, and the method is in the methodology.