Claude use leans toward automation or augmentation
A channel-specific comparison of automation and augmentation shares for occupations with the largest observed Claude.ai usage shares.

EduInsightsPublished September 1, 2026 · Public data teamFor the occupations with the largest observed Claude.ai usage shares, compare automation and augmentation patterns with a dumbbell chart. State exactly what the dataset observes and what it cannot establish.
Document Management Specialists has the largest observed Claude.ai usage share among the displayed occupation specializations at 5.1%. The distance between the two endpoints shows how the published activity was classified between automation and augmentation for each occupation.
This is observed Claude.ai activity in the Anthropic Economic Index, with O*NET specializations kept separate. It is not a measure of all AI use, worker exposure, job replacement, or future employment effects.
Automation and augmentation shares in observed Claude.ai use
- Automation
- Augmentation
| Occupation specialization | Automation | Augmentation |
|---|---|---|
| Document Management Specialists | 67.4% | 32.6% |
| Librarians and Media Collections Specialists | 50.7% | 49.3% |
| Counter and Rental Clerks | 43.5% | 56.5% |
| Editors | 33.6% | 66.4% |
| Writers and Authors | 28.5% | 71.5% |
| Computer User Support Specialists | 65.6% | 34.4% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 84.2% | 15.8% |
| Web and Digital Interface Designers | 51.3% | 48.7% |

