Lawyers score 17%, lower than many expect. AI is useful for research and drafting, but professional responsibility means a lawyer still has to check and own every word, and much of the job is advice, negotiation and advocacy. The bigger change may be to how firms charge: when research takes minutes rather than hours, the billable hour gets harder to defend.
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How to read this: AI task coverage comes from the Anthropic Economic Index, which measures how people use Claude, not the whole labour market. Job postings data comes from Indeed Hiring Lab and reflects the wording of job ads, not actual AI use at work. Employment and pay are US figures unless stated. AI use is not the same as job loss; our verdict explains what we think it means.