Occupations with a quarter of their tasks using Claude
Share of occupations in which at least 25% of tasks appear in Claude usage, from Anthropic's Economic Index (global, per report).
Reason through thisThe reading
About half of occupations clear the quarter-of-tasks mark, inside the normal band; the report restates the figure irregularly.
1 reading drawn from anthropic_ei.global.occupations_25pct_tasks_share.pt; 1 observation in the evidence.
Source: Anthropic Economic Index (open dataset and reports). Anthropic Economic Index, open dataset on Hugging Face (CC BY 4.0) and the 2026 reports.
The numbers
| as of | reading | value | record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-12 | global | 49.0% | reported |
Why it matters
Depth across the occupational map rather than across people; whether AI use is reaching most of the work in most jobs or a narrow band of them.
What cuts against it
One provider's traffic, weighted to coding and to Claude's user base; a task counts when it appears at all, not when it is done mostly with AI; the task taxonomy (O*NET) lags new work.
How it is measured
- series
anthropic_ei.global.occupations_25pct_tasks_share.pt - source Anthropic Economic Index (open dataset and reports) · default tier 2 · CC BY 4.0 (dataset)
- proxy behaviour · cadence annual · valve product to adoption
The share only rises, so the question is how fast. Normal = under 60% of occupations with a quarter of their tasks in use four years in; fast = 80% or more. Anchor: 49% in the March 2026 report (data 5-12 February 2026).
Applied to anthropic_ei.global.occupations_25pct_tasks_share.pt.
Latest readings
- 2026-02-12 global · 49.0%as of 2026-02-12
Why this status, and its history
Evaluator: 49.0% (Anthropic Economic Index (open dataset and reports), 2026-02-12) is inside the consistent band (hi=60.0%). Auto-reason; band rationale: The share only rises, so the question is how fast. Normal = under 60% of occupations with a quarter of their tasks in use four years in; fast = 80% or more. Anchor: 49% in the March 2026 report (data 5-12 February 2026).
- 2026-09-11unmeasured to consistent with normalconf — → 55 · the evaluator (automatic)
Evaluator: 49.0% (Anthropic Economic Index (open dataset and reports), 2026-02-12) is inside the consistent band (hi=60.0%). Auto-reason; band rationale: The share only rises, so the question is how fast. Normal = under 60% of occupations with a quarter of their tasks in use four years in; fast = 80% or more. Anchor: 49% in the March 2026 report (data 5-12 February 2026).
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Why this confidence
Rests on 1 observation from Anthropic Economic Index (open dataset and reports); best evidence tier 2, grade B; current.
Confidence is independent of status: 90–95 multiple strong independent sources; 70–89 good evidence, some ambiguity; 50–69 mixed or hard to operationalise; 0–49 limited or vague evidence.