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Economists

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Conduct research, prepare reports, or formulate plans to address economic problems related to the production and distribution of goods and services or monetary and fiscal policy. May collect and process economic and statistical data using sampling techniques and econometric methods.

10 main tasks · most important first

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01Study economic and statistical data in area of specialization, such as finance, labor, or agriculture.People already use AI for this at work
02Compile, analyze, and report data to explain economic phenomena and forecast market trends, applying mathematical models and statistical techniques.People already use AI for this at work
03Study the socioeconomic impacts of new public policies, such as proposed legislation, taxes, services, and regulations.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
04Explain economic impact of policies to the public.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
05Review documents written by others.No rating yet
06Provide advice and consultation on economic relationships to businesses, public and private agencies, and other employers.People already use AI for this at work
07Formulate recommendations, policies, or plans to solve economic problems or to interpret markets.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
08Supervise research projects and students' study projects.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
09Conduct research on economic issues, and disseminate research findings through technical reports or scientific articles in journals.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
10Develop economic guidelines and standards, and prepare points of view used in forecasting trends and formulating economic policy.AI could speed this up, with extra tools

Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.

Checked O*NET 31.0, August 2026Corrections

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Where these numbers come from

O*NET 31.0 Database, US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), 2026-08. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (observed exposure), Anthropic, 2026-03-05. Licence: CC BY.

Working with AI: Measuring the Applicability of Generative AI to Occupations (v1.1), Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025-12. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

GPTs are GPTs: labor market impact potential of LLMs (Science, 2024), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023. Licence: MIT.

What work can robots do? (robot exposure index), Anthropic, 2026-09-30. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

This page includes information from the O*NET® 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. We have modified this information; USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed or tested these modifications. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. How the Job Check works.

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