AI Jobs Automation Index
Which types of jobs are AI tools targeting most?
Last updated: August 13, 2026
Key findings
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“Administration & Operations is the most targeted job function on AgentLocker, with 1,990 AI tools (57.6% of everything we track).”
“74.4% of all tools we track target at least one of the top three job functions â Administration & Operations, Marketing, Content & Writing.”
“Relative to workforce size, Research & Data Analysis is the most disproportionately targeted job function: 362.2 AI tools per 100,000 US workers.”
“Roughly $2.9 trillion in annual US payroll sits in job functions currently targeted by AI tools â a measure of exposure, not predicted job losses.”
“738 AI products target customer service work â competing over 2,858,710 US customer service jobs with a median salary of $39,680.”
Where AI tools concentrate
Share of tool-to-job mappings held by each of the top functions.
Tools vs. workforce size
Each bubble is a job function â up and to the left means lots of AI tools chasing relatively few workers.
Jobs most targeted by AI tools
Job functions ranked by the number of AI tools mapped to them.
Jobs Most Targeted by AI â full ranking
A tool can count toward more than one job function where its categories span several.
| Rank | Job function | AI tools | % of all tools | US workers | Median salary | Tools per 100k workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Administration & Operations | 1,990 | 57.6% | 18,585,320 | $40,910 | 10.7 |
| #2 | Marketing | 875 | 25.3% | 846,370 | $74,680 | 103.4 |
| #3 | Content & Writing | 802 | 23.2% | 250,000 | $74,000 | 320.8 |
| #4 | Customer Service | 738 | 21.4% | 2,858,710 | $39,680 | 25.8 |
| #5 | Research & Data Analysis | 735 | 21.3% | 202,900 | $108,020 | 362.2 |
| #6 | Software Development | 559 | 16.2% | 1,656,880 | $133,080 | 33.7 |
| #7 | Design & Creative | 557 | 16.1% | 212,720 | $58,910 | 261.8 |
| #8 | IT Operations & Security | 305 | 8.8% | 180,700 | $120,360 | 168.8 |
| #9 | Education | 200 | 5.8% | 8,800,000 | $57,500 | 2.3 |
| #10 | Sales | 195 | 5.6% | 1,469,900 | $73,080 | 13.3 |
| #11 | Finance & Accounting | 135 | 3.9% | 1,435,770 | $79,880 | 9.4 |
| #12 | Healthcare | 105 | 3.0% | 9,000,000 | $80,820 | 1.2 |
| #13 | HR & Recruitment | 30 | 0.9% | 786,900 | $67,650 | 3.8 |
| #14 | Legal | 27 | 0.8% | 1,340,000 | $99,220 | 2.0 |
Jobs most disproportionately targeted by AI
AI tools per 100,000 US workers â small professions attracting outsized AI competition rise to the top.
Annual payroll in AI-targeted job functions
Estimated annual US payroll (workers à median salary) for each targeted job function.
Methodology
- All 3,454 AgentLocker listings are grouped using their existing directory categories.
- Categories are manually mapped to 14 broad job functions (e.g. "code assistants" â Software Development). The mapping is maintained by AgentLocker and refined over time.
- A tool may appear in more than one job function where its categories span several types of work.
- Employment and salary figures are broad approximations from public US Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS data, matched to the closest representative occupation group for each job function (source noted per row on request).
- The index measures how heavily AI products target a type of work. It does not measure the likelihood that those jobs will disappear.
Cite this research: AgentLocker AI Jobs Automation Index, August 2026 â with a link to this page. Contact us for questions or the underlying data.