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Exposed to Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting Conditions

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Exposed to Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting Conditions is a work-context dimension in the O*NET database — one of the standardized conditions O*NET uses to describe the environment a job is done in , grouped under Physical Work Conditions. O*NET defines it by asking workers: "How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions?." It is rated for 894 occupations, which average 2.04 out of 5 (low relative to other context dimensions).

How it's measured

O*NET rates each occupation on this dimension on a 1–5 context-importance scale (the CX scale), where higher means the condition is a more frequent or more central part of the work. The figures on this page are those occupation-level ratings — a description of working conditions as workers report them, not a judgment about pay, difficulty, or whether a job is "good."

Economy-wide average 2.04 / 5 Mean across all 894 rated occupations
Range across occupations 1.00–4.47 Lowest to highest occupation rating (spread 3.47)
Intensity vs. other dimensions 26th pct Where this dimension's average ranks among all O*NET work-context dimensions

Occupations where it's highest

The occupations that rate this condition strongest on the 1–5 scale.

Occupation Rating Score
Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons 4.47
Rail Car Repairers 4.46
Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers 4.44
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 4.43
Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers 4.30
Wind Turbine Service Technicians 4.29
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas 4.24
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners 4.10
Firefighters 4.08
Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining 4.08
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels 4.07
Structural Iron and Steel Workers 4.07
Fishing and Hunting Workers 4.05
Millwrights 4.05
Biomass Plant Technicians 4.01
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 4.01
Meter Readers, Utilities 4.00
Continuous Mining Machine Operators 3.99
Nuclear Technicians 3.99
Power Plant Operators 3.97
Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators 3.94
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay 3.91
Animal Control Workers 3.85
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door 3.83
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers 3.81

Occupations where it's lowest

The occupations that rate this condition weakest — where it is rarely part of the work.

Occupation Rating Score
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 1.00
Family Medicine Physicians 1.00
Medical Assistants 1.00
Medical Dosimetrists 1.00
Search Marketing Strategists 1.00
Speech-Language Pathologists 1.00
Directors, Religious Activities and Education 1.01
Freight Forwarders 1.01
Instructional Coordinators 1.01
Lawyers 1.01
Radiologists 1.01
Receptionists and Information Clerks 1.01
Budget Analysts 1.02
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators 1.02
Neurologists 1.02
Physical Therapist Assistants 1.02
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 1.03
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 1.03
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 1.03
Insurance Underwriters 1.03
Pharmacists 1.03
Personal Financial Advisors 1.04
Political Scientists 1.04
Remote Sensing Technicians 1.04
Treasurers and Controllers 1.04

How AI is used by roles where exposed to extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions is central

A working condition is not itself "being automated" — but we can look at the occupations where it is most central and ask how those people actually use AI. This rolls the Anthropic Economic Index per-role signal up across the roles that rate this condition 3 or higher (CX-rating-weighted). 38.4% of the 138 occupations where this condition is present carry observed AI-usage data (53 roles).

Across those roles, 28.6% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 31.0% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 3.42 / 5.

Collaboration pattern Share What it means
directive 27.4% AI does it; you give the instruction
learning 16.7% you ask AI to explain or teach
task iteration 11.1% you and AI go back and forth
feedback loop 3.6% AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback
validation 0.8% you do it; AI checks your work

Roles behind this signal

The occupations where this condition is most central and that also have the most AEI data. "Works with AI" is the role's share of conversations that augment rather than automate.

Occupation Condition (1–5) Works with AI Autonomy
Actors 3.3 43.3% 4.0/5
Correctional Officers and Jailers 3.2 52.7% 3.0/5
Solar Photovoltaic Installers 3.6 47.2% 4.0/5
Chefs and Head Cooks 3.3 38.5% 4.0/5
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 3.8 23.4% 4.0/5
Airfield Operations Specialists 3.5 28.2% 3.0/5
Driver/Sales Workers 3.7 46.4% 3.5/5
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Motion Picture 3.4 44.1% 3.5/5
Animal Control Workers 3.9 12.7% 3.0/5
Couriers and Messengers 3.0 50.3% 3.0/5
Electricians 3.8 34.3% 3.8/5
Parts Salespersons 3.1 29.0% 3.0/5

Source: Anthropic Economic Index (2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2) over a sample of Claude.ai Free and Pro conversations — not all AI tools and not the whole workforce. This is a role-weighted projection from AEI-linked occupations where this condition is central, not a direct measurement of AI use for the condition itself. Shares are weighted by how central the condition is to each role; some conversations are left unclassified by Anthropic's taxonomy, so shares need not sum to 100.

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.

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

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Singulariki. "Exposed to Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting Conditions." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27). Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/work-context/exposed-to-extremely-bright-or-inadequate-lighting-conditions

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Singulariki. (2026). Exposed to Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting Conditions. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/work-context/exposed-to-extremely-bright-or-inadequate-lighting-conditions

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@misc{singulariki-exposed-to-extremely-bright-or-inadequate-lighting-conditions,
  title  = {Exposed to Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting Conditions},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27). Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/work-context/exposed-to-extremely-bright-or-inadequate-lighting-conditions}
}

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