1Rolling out
0Pilots
0Pulled back
0Plans and forecasts
2Jobs affected
Jan 2026First tracked
What does this mean for workers? OpenAI's move touches 2 jobs, which together employ about 291,000 people in the U.S. Across them, AI and robots already touch between 35m (data scientists) and 2h 34m (statisticians) of a typical 8-hour shift. A single company's move is an early signal for these jobs, and the time cards show how far the change has spread nationally.
Rolling out means it is in use and spreading to more locations or teams.
On the floor
- OpenAI's internal data agent runs analysis for over 3,500 staff
OpenAI's internal data agent writes and runs SQL, publishes notebooks and reports, and lets people outside the data team run analysis. It has more than 3,500 internal users across about 70,000 datasets.
Jobs affected
HumanWith AIAIRobot
- Data Scientists35m of 8h touched · 262,000 workers · $120k · +34.6% by 2035Where AI or robots show up most: Identify relationships and trends or any factors that could affect the results of research (35m a shift, people with AI)
- Statisticians2h 34m of 8h touched · 29,000 workers · $106k · +11% by 2035Where AI or robots show up most: Report results of statistical analyses, including information in the form of graphs, charts, and tables (47m a shift, AI on its own)