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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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Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products

Sell goods for wholesalers or manufacturers to businesses or groups of individuals.

US jobs

1.2M

Avg. wage

$40/h

GDP output/y

$369B

Tasks

18

AI Parity

33%

Related occupationsSales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products · Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel · Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products · Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products · Advertising Sales Agents · Sales Engineers · Sales Managers · Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products

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 41-4012.00 · tasks and importance from O*NET 30.1 · jobs and wages BLS OEWS May 2025 · GDP by industry BEA 2025

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