Will AI replace media and communication equipment workers?

7 jobs scored. On average 57% of the task time in these jobs still needs a person, and the family averages 74 out of 100 on Still needs a human, where higher is safer.

74

Average Still needs a human score, 0 to 100 ↑ safer. Will AI replace them? A little.

7

Jobs scored in this family

57%

Average share of that still needs a person

212k

US workers in these jobs

How the work could shift in Media and Communication Equipment Workers

The share of US workers in these jobs whose job would sit in each band, from today to 2060.

Today

4%

of US workers in this family are in jobs that mostly need a person (our top band, Nah.)

0% are in jobs AI could largely do (Largely.)

By 2045

0%

of US workers in this family would still be in jobs that mostly need a person (our top band, Nah.)

69% would be in jobs AI could largely do (Largely.)

By 2060

0%

of US workers in this family would still be in jobs that mostly need a person (our top band, Nah.)

96% would be in jobs AI could largely do (Largely.)

Each job's score moves towards the bottom band (Largely: AI could largely do the job) by the year it could be largely automated, slowly at first and faster later, as adoption usually goes. Each job is run as ten scenarios across its replacement range, so every figure mixes early and late outcomes. The model stops at 2060. How the timeline works

Will AI replace the job?Largely.Mostly.Partly.A little.Nah.

Share of US workers in this family whose job would sit in each band, year by year. Updated with every release.

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Year	Largely	Mostly	Partly	A little	Nah
Today (2026)	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	95.8%	4.2%
2030	0.0%	0.0%	27.9%	71.7%	0.4%
2035	8.2%	37.3%	40.2%	13.9%	0.4%
2040	47.5%	28.4%	19.6%	4.1%	0.4%
2045	68.7%	26.4%	0.4%	4.1%	0.4%
2050	84.7%	10.8%	0.0%	4.1%	0.4%
2055	95.5%	0.0%	0.0%	4.1%	0.4%
2060	95.5%	0.0%	0.0%	4.1%	0.4%

Every job in Media and Communication Equipment Workers, ranked

How to read a row: the number is the Still needs a human score, out of 100, higher is safer; “AI replace?” is our answer to “Will AI replace this job?”; the bar is the task split: white AI does it, grey AI helps, amber needs a human.