# Legislators

> Develop, introduce, or enact laws and statutes at the local, tribal, state, or federal level. Includes only workers in elected positions.

- **SOC code:** 11-1031.00
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/roles/role-11-1031-00
- **Also known as:** Alderman, Assembly Member, Assembly Person, Assemblyman, Assemblywoman, City Alderman, City Council Member, City Councilman
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap (how codifiable the work is), not jobs lost or a forecast. Every figure below is traced to a named public dataset.

## What this work is

**Core tasks** (O*NET):
- Analyze and understand the local and national implications of proposed legislation.
- Appoint nominees to leadership posts, or approve such appointments.
- 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.
- Develop expertise in subject matters related to committee assignments.
- 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.
- Prepare drafts of amendments, government policies, laws, rules, regulations, budgets, programs and procedures.
- Read and review concerns of constituents or the general public and determine if governmental action is necessary.

## Skills, tools, capabilities

**Skills in demand:**
- 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:**
- Adobe Acrobat _(hot technology)_
- Cisco Webex _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Access _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Excel _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Office software _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Outlook _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft SharePoint _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft SQL Server _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Visual Basic _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Word _(hot technology)_
- Structured query language SQL _(hot technology)_
- Adobe FrameMaker

## AI exposure & outlook

- **AI task-overlap index:** 73rd percentile (High) across all occupations — composite of current-era exposure studies (ai-exposure-index-v1).
- **LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou):** 61st percentile (Moderate) — source: eloundou_gamma.
- **AI assistant applicability (Microsoft):** 84th percentile (High) — source: microsoft_applicability.
- **Projected employment (BLS 2024–34):** 3.4% growth (About average); 2.2k annual openings; 27.7k → 28.6k jobs.
- **Pay & employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** median $44,810; 26,510 employed.

## How people actually use AI here

Anthropic Economic Index — measured AI conversations mapped to this occupation's tasks:

- **Automation vs augmentation:** 18% automation, 44% augmentation (usage-weighted).
- **Autonomy median:** 4.0 (higher = AI acts more independently).
- **Dominant collaboration mode:** task iteration.

**Tasks most handed to AI here:**
- Prepare drafts of amendments, government policies, laws, rules, regulations, budgets, programs and procedures. _(0.5% of measured AI use; task iteration)_
- Determine campaign strategies for media advertising, positions on issues, and public appearances. _(0.4% of measured AI use)_
- Confer with colleagues to formulate positions and strategies pertaining to pending issues. _(0.4% of measured AI use; task iteration)_

**Example prompts (honest phrasings of the tasks above — starting points, not endorsed instructions):**
- Help me prepare drafts of amendments, government policies, laws, rules, regulations, budgets, programs and procedures.
- Help me determine campaign strategies for media advertising, positions on issues, and public appearances.
- Help me confer with colleagues to formulate positions and strategies pertaining to pending issues.

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS Employment Projections** (2024–2034) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **Anthropic Economic Index** (v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27)) — Anthropic. https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index
- **Microsoft “Working with AI”** (working-with-ai) — Microsoft Research. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-11-1031-00_