Legislators

AI & job outlook

What today's research says about this occupation's exposure to AI, how AI is actually being used in it, and where employment is headed. These are positions within published studies — measures of exposure and usage, not predictions that this job will disappear.

Exposure to current AI

Each study uses its own scale, so the raw scores are not comparable across rows — the percentile (this job's rank among all U.S. occupations with data) is the comparable figure, and sizes the bars.

OpenAI's exposure study scores tasks three ways: with a language model alone (α 0.0), with simple added tooling (β 0.4), and including AI-powered software (γ 0.8). Higher means more of the job's tasks could be done at least twice as fast — not that they will be automated away.

How AI is actually used in this job

Among measured AI assistant conversations mapped to this occupation (Anthropic Economic Index, 2026-01-15), these task types came up most. These are shares of observed AI conversations — not shares of the job, of worker time, or of what could be automated.

Job outlook

Independent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projection for 2024–2034 — a labor-market forecast, not an AI-impact forecast.

“Annual openings” counts new jobs plus replacements for workers who leave the occupation, so it can be large even when growth is modest.

Where this work sits on the global GenAI gradient

The ILO's 2025 global study scores generative-AI exposure on the international ISCO-08 occupation system, not US SOC. Bridged through the published (and approximate, many-to-many) IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 crosswalk, this US occupation corresponds to the international 2 occupations below. Exposure here means how much of the work's tasks today's AI can attempt — task overlap, not automation, adoption, or jobs lost.

Read the whole six-band gradient on the GenAI exposure gradient page. The crosswalk is approximate: a US occupation can map to several international ones, and the ILO scores describe the international occupation, not this exact US role.

Working with AI in this job

How people actually apply AI to this occupation's tasks, from Claude.ai (Free and Pro) conversations in the Anthropic Economic Index, 2026-01-15. This is one AI assistant's consumer sample — not all AI, not the whole workforce. Autonomy and the collaboration mix are model-rated estimates; figures below the sample floor are hidden.

What people delegate to AI

The role's most common tasks in AI conversations, each tagged with how people work with the AI on it. “Usage” is the share of observed conversations, not of the job.

Where a human is still needed

Tasks where the model most often judged that a person remained necessary — a useful read on the current boundary, not a guarantee.

What people most often hand AI here

Example prompts phrased from the tasks people most often delegate to AI in this occupation (Anthropic Economic Index). Each shows the underlying measured task and its share of observed AI use. They are suggested phrasings of real tasks — starting points, not endorsed instructions.

• Help me prepare drafts of amendments, government policies, laws, rules, regulations, budgets, programs and procedures.

  From: Prepare drafts of amendments, government policies, laws, rules, regulations, budgets, programs and procedures. · 0.5% of measured AI use · task iteration

• Help me determine campaign strategies for media advertising, positions on issues, and public appearances.

  From: Determine campaign strategies for media advertising, positions on issues, and public appearances. · 0.4% of measured AI use

• Help me confer with colleagues to formulate positions and strategies pertaining to pending issues.

  From: Confer with colleagues to formulate positions and strategies pertaining to pending issues. · 0.4% of measured AI use · task iteration

Tasks

All 30 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, ordered by importance. Each links to its own page with AI-exposure and observed-use detail.

• Alert constituents of government actions and programs by way of newsletters, personal appearances at town meetings, phone calls, and individual meetings.
• Analyze and understand the local and national implications of proposed legislation.
• Appoint nominees to leadership posts, or approve such appointments.
• Attend receptions, dinners, and conferences to meet people, exchange views and information, and develop working relationships.
• Conduct "head counts" to help predict the outcome of upcoming votes.
• Confer with colleagues to formulate positions and strategies pertaining to pending issues.
• Debate the merits of proposals and bill amendments during floor sessions, following the appropriate rules of procedure.
• Determine campaign strategies for media advertising, positions on issues, and public appearances.
• Develop expertise in subject matters related to committee assignments.
• Encourage and support party candidates for political office.
• Establish personal offices in local districts or states, and manage office staff.
• Evaluate the structure, efficiency, activities, and performance of government agencies.
• Hear testimony from constituents, representatives of interest groups, board and commission members, and others with an interest in bills or issues under consideration.
• Keep abreast of the issues affecting constituents by making personal visits and phone calls, reading local newspapers, and viewing or listening to local broadcasts.
• Maintain knowledge of relevant national and international current events.
• Make decisions that balance the perspectives of private citizens, public officials, and party leaders.
• Negotiate with colleagues or members of other political parties in order to reconcile differing interests, and to create policies and agreements.
• Organize and maintain campaign organizations and fundraisers, in order to raise money for election or re-election.
• Oversee expense allowances, ensuring that accounts are balanced at the end of each fiscal year.
• Prepare drafts of amendments, government policies, laws, rules, regulations, budgets, programs and procedures.
• Promote the industries and products of their electoral districts.
• Read and review concerns of constituents or the general public and determine if governmental action is necessary.
• Represent their government at local, national, and international meetings and conferences.
• Represent their parties in negotiations with political executives or members of other parties, and when speaking with the media.
• Review bills in committee, and make recommendations about their future.
• Seek federal funding for local projects and programs.
• Serve on commissions, investigative panels, study groups, and committees in order to examine specialized areas and recommend action.
• Speak to students to encourage and support the development of future political leaders.
• Vote on motions, amendments, and decisions on whether or not to report a bill out from committee to the assembly floor.
• Write, prepare, and deliver statements for the Congressional Record.

Work activities

• Analyze impact of legal or regulatory changes.
• Hire personnel.
• Confer with organizational members to accomplish work activities.
• Conduct hearings to investigate legal issues.
• Maintain knowledge of current developments in area of expertise.
• Gather customer or product information to determine customer needs.
• Collect data about customer needs.
• Analyze data to inform operational decisions or activities.
• Implement organizational process or policy changes.
• Implement design or process improvements.
• Coordinate operational activities with external stakeholders.
• Draft legislation or regulations.
• Resolve customer complaints or problems.
• Represent the organization in external relations.
• Recommend organizational process or policy changes.
• Prepare proposals or grant applications to obtain project funding.
• Serve on institutional or departmental committees.
• Present information to the public.
• Establish interpersonal business relationships to facilitate work activities.
• Compile data or documentation.
• Develop marketing plans or strategies.
• Support the professional development of others.
• Supervise employees.
• Evaluate program effectiveness.
• Manage outreach activities.
• Approve expenditures.
• Promote products, services, or programs.

Skills in demand

Skills employers ask for in job postings for this occupation (Lightcast), with whether each is a common or specialized skill.

• Microsoft Word Common Skill
• Microsoft SharePoint Specialized Skill
• Microsoft Outlook Common Skill
• Microsoft Excel Common Skill
• Microsoft Access Specialized Skill
• Cisco WebEx Specialized Skill
• Adobe Acrobat Specialized Skill
• Windows Media Player Specialized Skill
• Mapping Software Specialized Skill
• Adobe FrameMaker Specialized Skill
• Presentation Software Specialized Skill

Tools & technology

How to get in

Job zone

Zone 4 — Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed

Education

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Typical entry-level education

Bachelor's degree · BLS, the typical path — not a requirement

Related experience

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Preparation level

SVP (7.0 to < 8.0) — total schooling plus on-the-job experience.

What to study: Public Administration and Social Service Professions . Fields of study crosswalked to this occupation (NCES CIP–SOC), not a requirement.

Interests & work styles

The interests and personal qualities O*NET associates with people who do this work.

Work styles

Interest areas

Career interests (Holland / RIASEC)

Wages & employment

U.S. · annual wages (BLS OEWS)

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Part of the Public Service & Safety career cluster.

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Side-by-side comparisons place two occupations’ pay, preparation, skills, and AI exposure on the same page — same data, same scale, no forecast.

What you can do with this

Options the data surfaces for Legislators — not advice or a forecast. Each is a real cross-link you can follow into the evidence.

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
• BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai Microsoft Research
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic
• ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025 International Labour Organization
• IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022 Institute for Structural Research (IBS)

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

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