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The largest occupations in America, scored

Ranked by how many people actually do them. This is where AI exposure stops being abstract: the top ten alone account for tens of millions of jobs, and they do not score the way the discourse assumes.

No floor — this list is the floor. Scores are 0–100, higher is more resistant.

# Occupation Score Median wage US workers
1 Home Health and Personal Care Aides 70 SAFE $35,800 4,305,810
2 Retail Salespersons 36 EXPOSED $35,410 3,897,860
3 Fast Food and Counter Workers 34 EXPOSED $31,200 3,854,050
4 General and Operations Managers 52 EXPOSED $105,770 3,503,020
5 Registered Nurses 80 SAFE $97,550 3,379,720
6 Cashiers 23 COOKED $32,880 3,089,410
7 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 39 EXPOSED $40,240 2,950,280
8 Stockers and Order Fillers 35 EXPOSED $37,330 2,833,810
9 Customer Service Representatives 20 COOKED $44,770 2,595,750
10 Office Clerks, General 20 COOKED $45,010 2,464,940
11 Waiters and Waitresses 49 EXPOSED $35,230 2,270,910
12 Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 52 EXPOSED $36,840 2,209,760
13 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 48 EXPOSED $58,640 2,062,040
14 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 22 COOKED $47,540 1,706,790
15 Software Developers 41 EXPOSED $135,980 1,687,890
16 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 67 SAFE $49,590 1,529,700
17 Accountants and Auditors 42 EXPOSED $83,680 1,449,500
18 Nursing Assistants 68 SAFE $42,260 1,448,910
19 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 35 EXPOSED $69,500 1,436,680
20 Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary 60 EXPOSED $36,780 1,420,350
21 Cooks, Restaurant 57 EXPOSED $37,390 1,409,890
22 Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators 33 COOKED $44,650 1,405,030
23 Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 72 SAFE $63,970 1,388,390
24 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 21 COOKED $50,670 1,373,680
25 Security Guards 53 EXPOSED $38,020 1,283,470
26 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 39 EXPOSED $69,990 1,256,010
27 Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 43 EXPOSED $72,080 1,238,190
28 First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 62 EXPOSED $44,080 1,223,240
29 First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 47 EXPOSED $48,520 1,121,800
30 Construction Laborers 52 EXPOSED $47,120 1,096,780
31 Business Operations Specialists, All Other 34 EXPOSED $83,050 1,087,090
32 Project Management Specialists 39 EXPOSED $102,320 1,066,670
33 Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 69 SAFE $72,040 1,065,210
34 Light Truck Drivers 46 EXPOSED $44,860 983,300
35 Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 28 COOKED $45,930 961,610
36 Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 56 EXPOSED $39,150 952,640
37 Human Resources Specialists 35 EXPOSED $75,940 912,430
38 Receptionists and Information Clerks 28 COOKED $38,010 910,180
39 Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 28 COOKED $78,760 899,580
40 Management Analysts 37 EXPOSED $101,860 898,280
41 Food Preparation Workers 41 EXPOSED $35,320 893,600
42 Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 54 EXPOSED $35,510 860,670
43 Financial Managers 48 EXPOSED $166,570 841,710
44 Medical Assistants 55 EXPOSED $45,690 817,870
45 Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 26 COOKED $45,260 816,870
46 First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 73 SAFE $79,920 812,210
47 Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 34 EXPOSED $46,420 774,420
48 Electricians 80 SAFE $63,190 757,220
49 Bartenders 68 SAFE $34,340 756,390
50 Lawyers 67 SAFE $159,670 754,500

Showing 50. The full register is filterable and sortable, and the whole dataset is at /reports.json.

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