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The AI Parity Index0.1%Tasks measured1 of 18,796Unemployment4.1% · Aug 2026Payrolls+162K m/m · Aug 2026159.1M employedJob openings7.1M · Aug 20260.3M vs Jul 2026Wages$37.75/h avg · Aug 2026+3.1% y/yProductivity+1.4% q/q ann. · Q2 2026Inflation+3.4% y/y · Aug 2026Next upSoftware Developers · 16 more tasksNext releaseQ4 2026
The AI Parity Index0.1%Tasks measured1 of 18,796Unemployment4.1% · Aug 2026Payrolls+162K m/m · Aug 2026159.1M employedJob openings7.1M · Aug 20260.3M vs Jul 2026Wages$37.75/h avg · Aug 2026+3.1% y/yProductivity+1.4% q/q ann. · Q2 2026Inflation+3.4% y/y · Aug 2026Next upSoftware Developers · 16 more tasksNext releaseQ4 2026
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Index›Personal Care and Service›Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists

Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists

Provide beauty services, such as cutting, coloring, and styling hair, and massaging and treating scalp.

US jobs

306K

Avg. wage

$21/h

GDP output/y

$34B

Tasks

22

AI Parity

5%

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Tasks

HumanBest AI
#Task ↕O*NET 30.1 · DOLOutput/y ▴est. · BEA + BLSVerification method ↕est. · rubric v1Qualitymeasured baselineConfigurationverified runsQualitysame testvs human× output · − pts
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O*NET-SOC 39-5012.00 · tasks and importance from O*NET 30.1 · jobs and wages BLS OEWS May 2025 · GDP by industry BEA 2025

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