Determine the value of goods or services.

Determine the value of goods or services. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 10 occupations and seen in 14 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Determine values or prices of goods or services. in Making Decisions and Solving Problems .

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 14 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 13 (93%) 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 1 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.004% 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.

• Check value of customer collateral to be held as loan security. · Loan Interviewers and Clerks · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Estimate wholesale and retail value of gems, following pricing guides, market fluctuations, and other relevant economic factors. · Gem and Diamond Workers · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Determine and set product prices. · Online Merchants · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Wrap and price completed arrangements. · Floral Designers · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Determine prices for styles. · Fashion Designers · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Determine appraised values of diamonds and other gemstones based on price guides, market fluctuations, and stone grades and rarity. · Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Recommend mark-up rates, mark-down rates, or merchandise selling prices. · Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Determine salvage value on total-loss vehicle. · Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Examine or test crops or products to estimate their value, determine their grade, or locate any evidence of disease or insect damage. · Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Inspect merchandise or products to determine quality, value, or yield. · Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Determine the prices at which securities should be syndicated and offered to the public. · Financial and Investment Analysts · exposure with tools
• Evaluate and compare the relative quality of various securities in a given industry. · Financial and Investment Analysts · exposure with tools
• Evaluate and compare the relative quality of various securities in a given industry. · Financial Risk Specialists · exposure with tools
• Perform securities valuation or pricing. · Financial and Investment Analysts · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Loan Interviewers and Clerks
• Gem and Diamond Workers
• Online Merchants
• Floral Designers
• Fashion Designers
• Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products
• Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
• Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
• Financial and Investment Analysts
• Financial Risk Specialists

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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  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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