The Task Exposure Indexv2026.Q3
By family

AI exposure by occupational family

The standard federal taxonomy splits work into major groups. Ranked by median exposed share, they look nothing like the usual story about which jobs are safe. Note the third column: inside almost every family the spread is wider than the gap between families.

FamilyMedian exposedSpread inside the familyOccupationsUS jobsMedian pay
Computer and mathematical57.2%38.9% to 72.0%365.3M$105,650
Office and administrative support55.4%20.9% to 72.9%5117.4M$48,500
Sales49.7%19.9% to 73.3%2213.3M$50,160
Business and financial operations47.3%21.7% to 66.8%4810.0M$81,100
Educational instruction and library42.2%16.3% to 54.7%627.0M$78,580
Management41.3%29.4% to 51.6%5611.1M$114,990
Architecture and engineering37.5%21.8% to 47.5%562.6M$99,280
Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media37.5%8.4% to 68.9%401.9M$68,060
Life, physical and social science36.0%14.6% to 52.4%601.5M$88,720
Community and social service24.9%19.1% to 38.5%142.0M$60,810
Transportation and material moving24.3%4.1% to 62.4%5213.0M$56,850
Personal care and service23.8%5.3% to 60.1%313.1M$38,270
Legal22.0%8.2% to 49.5%71.3M$75,530
Protective service18.6%10.0% to 32.5%263.8M$56,870
Healthcare practitioner and technical18.5%4.1% to 49.3%899.5M$100,330
Food preparation and serving17.1%0.0% to 36.5%1613.6M$35,320
Production16.2%0.0% to 36.6%1076.6M$48,040
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance15.4%5.4% to 35.4%84.5M$46,340
Installation, maintenance and repair13.3%0.0% to 35.0%506.1M$60,850
Healthcare support11.9%3.0% to 39.8%193.6M$45,230
Farming, fishing and forestry9.9%6.3% to 23.0%120.4M$46,330
Construction and extraction5.1%0.0% to 56.2%616.4M$57,430

A family median is a reading aid, not a description of anyone’s job. Every figure here opens into the occupations underneath it, and every occupation opens into its tasks. How the score is built.