
This week Anthropic launched their Economic Index, looking at how people are using Claude. This chart shows how AI adoption varies significantly across different job sectors compared to their representation in the US workforce. Computer and mathematical roles lead AI usage by a wide margin, accounting for 37.2% of Claude conversations despite representing only 3.4% of US workers. Interestingly arts and media roles show the second-highest AI adoption at 10.3% of conversations versus 1.4% of the workforce, while physical jobs like transportation (0.3% vs 9.1%) and farming (0.1% vs 0.3%) show minimal AI usage. Office and administrative support represents the largest share of US workers at 12.2% but accounts for only 7.9% of AI interactions, suggesting potential room for growth in AI adoption in this sector.
