Estimate costs for projects or productions.

Estimate costs for projects or productions. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 5 occupations and seen in 5 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Estimate project development or operational costs. in Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information .

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 5 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 5 (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 2 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.005% 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.

• Estimate material requirements and costs, and present design to client for approval. · Interior Designers · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Research production specifications, costs, production materials, and manufacturing methods and provide cost estimates and itemized production requirements. · Commercial and Industrial Designers · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Estimate set- or exhibit-related costs, including materials, construction, and rental of props or locations. · Set and Exhibit Designers · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Develop project budgets for approval, estimating time lines and material costs. · Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Prepare cost estimates for mapping projects. · Surveying and Mapping Technicians · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Interior Designers
• Commercial and Industrial Designers
• Set and Exhibit Designers
• Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
• Surveying and Mapping Technicians

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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