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24 sectors indexed. Showing role-level rankings for Public Administration (92).
Sectors ranked by average role exposure benchmark.
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63 roles • 77% avg exposure
Highest: Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Lowest: Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
Open sector ranking20 roles • 76% avg exposure
Highest: Food Servers, Nonrestaurant
Lowest: Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other
Open sector ranking25 roles • 76% avg exposure
Highest: Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Lowest: Machinists
Open sector ranking14 roles • 74% avg exposure
Highest: Agricultural Equipment Operators
Lowest: Logging Workers, All Other
Open sector ranking4 roles • 73% avg exposure
Highest: Parts Salespersons
Lowest: Advertising Sales Agents
Open sector ranking40 roles • 67% avg exposure
Highest: Bus Drivers, School
Lowest: Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
Open sector ranking20 roles • 65% avg exposure
Highest: Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
Lowest: Recreation Workers
Open sector ranking8 roles • 62% avg exposure
Highest: Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
Lowest: Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners
Open sector ranking15 roles • 61% avg exposure
Highest: Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons
Lowest: Civil Engineers
Open sector ranking22 roles • 60% avg exposure
Highest: Floor Sanders and Finishers
Lowest: Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians
Open sector ranking17 roles • 60% avg exposure
Highest: Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
Lowest: Quality Control Systems Managers
Open sector ranking41 roles • 59% avg exposure
Highest: Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
Lowest: Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Open sector ranking85 roles • 59% avg exposure
Highest: Sewing Machine Operators
Lowest: Solar Energy Systems Engineers
Open sector ranking3 roles • 59% avg exposure
Highest: Sales and Related Workers, All Other
Lowest: Insurance Sales Agents
Open sector ranking12 roles • 59% avg exposure
Highest: Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers
Lowest: Sales Engineers
Open sector ranking20 roles • 56% avg exposure
Highest: Manicurists and Pedicurists
Lowest: Set and Exhibit Designers
Open sector ranking61 roles • 55% avg exposure
Highest: Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
Lowest: Chief Executives
Open sector ranking56 roles • 55% avg exposure
Highest: Order Clerks
Lowest: Architectural and Engineering Managers
Open sector ranking18 roles • 52% avg exposure
Highest: Designers, All Other
Lowest: News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
Open sector ranking187 roles • 52% avg exposure
Highest: Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers
Lowest: Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
Open sector ranking4 roles • 47% avg exposure
Highest: Tax Preparers
Lowest: Purchasing Managers
Open sector ranking151 roles • 41% avg exposure
Highest: Amusement and Recreation Attendants
Lowest: Nurse Anesthetists
Open sector ranking85 roles • 41% avg exposure
Highest: First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
Lowest: Mental Health Counselors
Open sector ranking45 roles • 34% avg exposure
Highest: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary
Lowest: Archivists
Open sector rankingSector ranking
Highest automation exposure roles in this sector. Showing top 50 results.
#1Low confidencePlanningFSProtective Service • Public Administration
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives shows high exposure in repetitive digital tasks, with human review still required.
Exposure benchmark: 69% • SOC 33-1012.00
#2Medium confidenceCoordinationACProtective Service • Public Administration
Animal Control Workers shows high exposure in repetitive digital tasks, with human review still required.
Exposure benchmark: 67% • SOC 33-9011.00
#3Low confidenceExecutionTAEducational Instruction and Library • Public Administration
Teaching Assistants, All Other shows high exposure in repetitive digital tasks, with human review still required.
Exposure benchmark: 62% • SOC 25-9049.00
#4Medium confidenceProductivityFSProtective Service • Public Administration
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers shows high exposure in repetitive digital tasks, with human review still required.
Exposure benchmark: 61% • SOC 33-1091.00
#5Low confidenceExecutionCACommunity and Social Service • Public Administration
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other shows high exposure in repetitive digital tasks, with human review still required.
Exposure benchmark: 60% • SOC 21-1099.00
#6High confidenceToolingRLProtective Service • Public Administration
Retail Loss Prevention Specialists is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 59% • SOC 33-9099.02
#7Medium confidenceInsightALMilitary Specific • Public Administration
Aircraft Launch and Recovery Officers is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 58% • SOC 55-1012.00
#8Low confidenceWorkflowBSLife, Physical, and Social Science • Public Administration
Biological Scientists, All Other is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 58% • SOC 19-1029.00
#9Medium confidenceSystemsSGProtective Service • Public Administration
Security Guards is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 58% • SOC 33-9032.00
#10High confidenceSystemsTELegal • Public Administration
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 58% • SOC 23-2093.00
#11Medium confidenceToolingFSMilitary Specific • Public Administration
First-Line Supervisors of Air Crew Members is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 56% • SOC 55-2011.00
#12High confidenceProductivityFSLife, Physical, and Social Science • Public Administration
Food Science Technicians is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 55% • SOC 19-4013.00
#13Medium confidenceAnalysisIOMilitary Specific • Public Administration
Infantry Officers is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 55% • SOC 55-1016.00
#14Medium confidenceProductivityMEMilitary Specific • Public Administration
Military Enlisted Tactical Operations and Air/Weapons Specialists and Crew Members, All Other is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 55% • SOC 55-3019.00
#15High confidenceToolingSTEducational Instruction and Library • Public Administration
Self-Enrichment Teachers is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 55% • SOC 25-3021.00
#16Medium confidenceInsightSFMilitary Specific • Public Administration
Special Forces is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 55% • SOC 55-3018.00
#17Medium confidenceOperationsAAMilitary Specific • Public Administration
Armored Assault Vehicle Crew Members is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 53% • SOC 55-3013.00
#18High confidenceProductivityPEProtective Service • Public Administration
Parking Enforcement Workers is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 53% • SOC 33-3041.00
#19High confidenceSystemsTEducational Instruction and Library • Public Administration
Tutors is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 53% • SOC 25-3041.00
#20High confidenceWorkflowPAProtective Service • Public Administration
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 52% • SOC 33-3051.00
#21High confidenceProductivityTSProtective Service • Public Administration
Transportation Security Screeners is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 52% • SOC 33-9093.00
#22Medium confidenceSystemsAAMilitary Specific • Public Administration
Artillery and Missile Crew Members is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 50% • SOC 55-3014.00
#23Medium confidenceSystemsAAMilitary Specific • Public Administration
Artillery and Missile Officers is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 50% • SOC 55-1014.00
#24Low confidenceExecutionEIEducational Instruction and Library • Public Administration
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 50% • SOC 25-9099.00
#25Medium confidenceCoordinationFSMilitary Specific • Public Administration
First-Line Supervisors of Weapons Specialists/Crew Members is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 50% • SOC 55-2012.00
#26Low confidenceSystemsSSEducational Instruction and Library • Public Administration
Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 50% • SOC 25-1069.00
#27Low confidenceAnalysisSEEducational Instruction and Library • Public Administration
Special Education Teachers, All Other is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 50% • SOC 25-2059.00
#28Medium confidenceToolingCEEducational Instruction and Library • Public Administration
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 49% • SOC 25-2032.00
#29High confidenceAnalysisSTEducational Instruction and Library • Public Administration
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 49% • SOC 25-3031.00
#30High confidenceAnalysisSEEducational Instruction and Library • Public Administration
Special Education Teachers, Elementary School is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 47% • SOC 25-2056.00
#31Medium confidenceSystemsCAMilitary Specific • Public Administration
Command and Control Center Specialists is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 46% • SOC 55-3015.00
#32High confidenceToolingCHCommunity and Social Service • Public Administration
Community Health Workers is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 46% • SOC 21-1094.00
#33Medium confidenceSystemsALMilitary Specific • Public Administration
Aircraft Launch and Recovery Specialists is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 45% • SOC 55-3012.00
#34Medium confidenceWorkflowFSMilitary Specific • Public Administration
First-Line Supervisors of All Other Tactical Operations Specialists is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 45% • SOC 55-2013.00
#35High confidenceInsightOHLife, Physical, and Social Science • Public Administration
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 44% • SOC 19-5012.00
#36Medium confidenceCoordinationSFMilitary Specific • Public Administration
Special Forces Officers is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 44% • SOC 55-1017.00
#37Medium confidenceInsightCAMilitary Specific • Public Administration
Command and Control Center Officers is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 43% • SOC 55-1015.00
#38Medium confidenceCoordinationACMilitary Specific • Public Administration
Air Crew Officers is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 42% • SOC 55-1011.00
#39Medium confidencePlanningFSProtective Service • Public Administration
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 42% • SOC 33-1021.00
#40Low confidenceToolingLSLegal • Public Administration
Legal Support Workers, All Other is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 42% • SOC 23-2099.00
#41High confidenceInsightZALife, Physical, and Social Science • Public Administration
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 42% • SOC 19-1023.00
#42Medium confidenceInsightAAMilitary Specific • Public Administration
Armored Assault Vehicle Officers is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 41% • SOC 55-1013.00
#43Medium confidenceAnalysisIMilitary Specific • Public Administration
Infantry is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 41% • SOC 55-3016.00
#44High confidenceAnalysisSEEducational Instruction and Library • Public Administration
Special Education Teachers, Middle School is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 40% • SOC 25-2057.00
#45High confidencePlanningLTEducational Instruction and Library • Public Administration
Library Technicians remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 39% • SOC 25-4031.00
#46High confidenceAnalysisSEEducational Instruction and Library • Public Administration
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 39% • SOC 25-2058.00
#47High confidenceProductivityAALife, Physical, and Social Science • Public Administration
Anthropologists and Archeologists remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 38% • SOC 19-3091.00
#48High confidenceOperationsESLife, Physical, and Social Science • Public Administration
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 38% • SOC 19-4042.00
#49High confidencePlanningFFProtective Service • Public Administration
Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 38% • SOC 33-2022.00
#50High confidenceToolingHTEducational Instruction and Library • Public Administration
History Teachers, Postsecondary remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 38% • SOC 25-1125.00