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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›Construction and Extraction›Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas

Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas

Set up or operate a variety of drills to remove underground oil and gas, or remove core samples for testing during oil and gas exploration.

US jobs

13K

Avg. wage

$35/h

GDP output/y

$6.2B

Tasks

20

AI Parity

11%

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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 47-5012.00 · tasks and importance from O*NET 30.1 · jobs and wages BLS OEWS May 2025 · GDP by industry BEA 2025

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