Census AI Exposure — Occupation Treemap
Census respondents grouped by SOC2020 occupation hierarchy. Box size = number of workers. Toggle the colour metric to explore three perspectives on AI's impact: Anthropic Automation Risk, Felten AIOE Exposure, and FRS Augmentation vs Automation Direction. Hover any cell for all three scores and a task-level breakdown.
43,313 census roles (workers)10 SOC major groups105 SOC minor groups (3-digit)Avg automation risk 46%~19,908 roles at automation riskAvg median salary £38k (ONS ASHE 2025)Est. income at risk £0.61B (ONS ASHE 2025)Avg FRS direction +0.29
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Anthropic Economic Index — fraction of each occupation's tasks that AI can fully automate. Red = most tasks automatable.
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43,313
Census roles (workers)
10
SOC major groups
46%
Avg automation risk
~19,908
roles at automation risk
FRS task-level breakdown across all occupations43,313 respondents
Augmentation tasks0(0%)
No O*NET coverage0(0%)
Automation tasks0(0%)
Breakdown by SOC major group10 groups · 43,313 workers
SOC 9ELEMENTARY OCCUPATIONS
59%
Elevated
IoM workers
3,685
Auto. risk
59%
SOC 1MANAGERS, DIRECTORS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS
56%
Elevated
IoM workers
7,628
Auto. risk
56%
SOC 6CARING, LEISURE AND OTHER SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
56%
Elevated
IoM workers
3,634
Auto. risk
56%
SOC 8PROCESS, PLANT AND MACHINE OPERATIVES
54%
Elevated
IoM workers
1,607
Auto. risk
54%
SOC 3ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
48%
Moderate
IoM workers
6,230
Auto. risk
48%
SOC 2PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
43%
Moderate
IoM workers
7,801
Auto. risk
43%
SOC 4ADMINISTRATIVE AND SECRETARIAL OCCUPATIONS
42%
Moderate
IoM workers
6,060
Auto. risk
42%
SOC 7SALES AND CUSTOMER SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
31%
Low
IoM workers
1,747
Auto. risk
31%
SOC 5SKILLED TRADES OCCUPATIONS
22%
Low
IoM workers
4,916
Auto. risk
22%
SOC 0Major group 0
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No data
IoM workers
5
🤖 Automation Risk
Minimal (0–20%)
Low (21–35%)
Moderate (36–50%)
Elevated (51–62%)
High (63–75%)
Very High (76%+)
No Anthropic data
Occupations classified using SOC2020 hierarchy. Parent boxes = 1-digit major groups · Leaf boxes = 3-digit minor groups.Automation Risk from the Anthropic Economic Index. AIOE scores from Felten, Raj & Seamans (2021). FRS task-direction from O*NET task-level AI capability matching. Salary data from ONS ASHE 2025 provisional (median annual gross pay, GBP).