Who's on the clock?

AI-safe jobs with the most openings

25 jobs, ranked. Least AI or robot time first. Data from O*NET, the Anthropic Economic Index and BLS.

Time card for fast food and counter workers: 58m of an 8-hour shift touched by AI or robotsTime card: Fast Food and Counter Workers →

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Who's hiring? AI-safe jobs with the most openings. 5 of the 25 jobs below have no documented AI or robot time in a typical 8-hour shift, including fast food and counter workers, home health aides and personal care aides. The rest have 58m or less, so nearly all of each shift is still work people do. Ties are sorted by number of workers.

This list covers jobs where AI and robots touch under 1 hour of a typical shift, ranked by the openings BLS expects each year through 2035. "Touched" means time spent on tasks where AI use is documented in real usage data or where robots have done the task in a real workplace. Low numbers reflect today's evidence and can change as AI and robots improve. Each job links to its full time card, pay by state and similar jobs.

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  1. 1. Fast Food and Counter Workers58m touched · $31k · 3.9M workers · 827K openings a year
  2. 2. Home Health Aides14m touched · $36k · 4.3M workers · 761K openings a year
  3. 3. Personal Care Aides37m touched · $36k · 4.3M workers · 761K openings a year
  4. 4. Waiters and Waitresses17m touched · $35k · 2.3M workers · 423K openings a year
  5. 5. Restaurant Cooks7m touched · $37k · 1.4M workers · 219K openings a year
  6. 6. Nursing Assistants26m touched · $42k · 1.4M workers · 196K openings a year
  7. 7. Registered Nurses53m touched · $98k · 3.4M workers · 181K openings a year
  8. 8. Childcare Workers15m touched · $35k · 519K workers · 150K openings a year
  9. 9. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General11m touched · $50k · 1.5M workers · 149K openings a year
  10. 10. Team Assemblers19m touched · $45k · 1.4M workers · 139K openings a year
  11. 11. Food Preparation Workers49m touched · $35k · 894K workers · 136K openings a year
  12. 12. Bartenders46m touched · $34k · 756K workers · 121K openings a year
  13. 13. Medical Assistants19m touched · $46k · 818K workers · 110K openings a year
  14. 14. Business Continuity Planners42m touched · $83k · 1.1M workers · 99K openings a year
  15. 15. Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors12m touched · $60k · 1M workers · 98K openings a year
  16. 16. Mental Health Counselors19m touched · $60k · 1M workers · 98K openings a year
  17. 17. ElectriciansNo AI or robot time · $63k · 757K workers · 73K openings a year
  18. 18. Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsNo AI or robot time · $47k · 323K workers · 68K openings a year
  19. 19. Recreation WorkersNo AI or robot time · $37k · 331K workers · 67K openings a year
  20. 20. Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers24m touched · $49k · 597K workers · 67K openings a year
  21. 21. Preschool Teachers46m touched · $38k · 479K workers · 67K openings a year
  22. 22. Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsNo AI or robot time · $51k · 705K workers · 66K openings a year
  23. 23. Short-Term Substitute Teachers20m touched · $42k · 525K workers · 65K openings a year
  24. 24. Cooks, Institution and CafeteriaNo AI or robot time · $37k · 441K workers · 63K openings a year
  25. 25. Carpenters6m touched · $61k · 670K workers · 63K openings a year

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