Assess the cost effectiveness of products, projects, or services.

Assess the cost effectiveness of products, projects, or services. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 7 occupations and seen in 7 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Evaluate the characteristics, usefulness, or performance of products or technologies. in Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 7 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 7 (100%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 4 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.010% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Analyze technical feasibility of energy-saving measures, using knowledge of engineering, energy production, energy use, construction, maintenance, system operation, or process systems. · Energy Auditors · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Assist in the assessment, acquisition, or deployment of new electronic document management systems. · Document Management Specialists · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Assess or propose sustainability initiatives, considering factors such as cost effectiveness, technical feasibility, and acceptance. · Sustainability Specialists · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Assess cost effectiveness of products, projects or services, tracking actual costs relative to bids as the project develops. · Cost Estimators · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Determine feasibility of designing new facilities or modifying existing facilities, based on factors such as cost, available space, schedule, technical requirements, or ergonomics. · Logistics Engineers · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Research new financial products or analytics to determine their usefulness. · Financial Quantitative Analysts · importance 3.3 · exposure with tools
• Compute and compare costs of services. · Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Energy Auditors
• Document Management Specialists
• Sustainability Specialists
• Cost Estimators
• Logistics Engineers
• Financial Quantitative Analysts
• Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Assess the cost effectiveness of products, projects, or services.},
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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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