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Microsoft Study Charts AI Risk for 40 Occupations With New Applicability Scores

A dataset of over 200,000 Copilot interactions underpins an AI applicability score exposing routine text-based roles at high risk from generative AI.

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Jobs Most Vulnerable to AI
Jobs with high AI Applicability are at the most risk of being replaced.

Overview

  • Researchers combined task mapping with completion rates, coverage and user feedback to produce the AI applicability score for each role.
  • Interpreters and translators top the list with a score of 0.49, followed by historians, passenger attendants and service sales representatives at high risk of automation.
  • Hands-on professions such as cleaners, carpenters, mechanics and delivery workers score near zero, indicating low exposure to current AI capabilities.
  • Microsoft warns that high AI applicability does not directly translate into job loss forecasts and avoids predicting net employment changes.
  • Data from labor analytics firm Lightcast shows AI proficiency delivers an average $18,000 salary premium, underscoring calls for large-scale reskilling.