Published analysis

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 August 20, 2026

Continue in a private copy?

This creates a private copy in your account. Your questions and changes stay private. They do not change the published version.

Report this publication

Tell us what needs review. The author will not see who sent the report.

Question

For 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.

Analyst Agent

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.

Published artifacts

Automation and augmentation shares in observed Claude.ai use

  • Automation
  • Augmentation
Automation and augmentation shares in observed Claude.ai use — chart data
Occupation specializationAutomationAugmentation
Document Management Specialists67.4%32.6%
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists50.7%49.3%
Counter and Rental Clerks43.5%56.5%
Editors33.6%66.4%
Writers and Authors28.5%71.5%
Computer User Support Specialists65.6%34.4%
Computer Systems Analysts84.2%15.8%
Web and Digital Interface Designers51.3%48.7%
Dumbbell chart comparing automation and augmentation percentages for eight occupation specializations with the largest observed Claude.ai usage shares.

Help shape EduInsights

Tell us what you need next.

Your note goes directly to the team building the product.

We just launched. Your feedback can change what we build.

What is this about?

Choose the closest match.
Add an email so we can follow up.

We use your email to follow up. Read our privacy policy.