Buyer School Research · Dataset · Edition 2.0

AI Industry Exposure Dataset

Name: AI Industry Exposure Dataset: U.S. four-digit private industries
Creator: Business Buyer School
Published: 2026-10-05

Occupational AI exposure for 211 U.S. private four-digit industries: 137 ranked, 74 unranked.

Buyer School modeled estimate. Scores, ranks and coverage figures are calculated by Buyer School. Total employment is a BLS statistic. Exposure is not a forecast of job loss, revenue loss, business failure or savings.

This is the data behind AI Exposure Across U.S. Industries: The Top 25 and AI Office-Efficiency Opportunity in Physical-Service Businesses. The main ranking orders 137 industries that pass a joint 85% employment-matching gate by overall_language_exposure_points. The remaining 74 stay in the file as unranked. Unranked means too little employment was matched; it does not mean zero exposure. The dataset does not rank every U.S. industry.

First published: October 5, 2026
Edition: 2.0
Analysis prepared: October 4, 2026
Staffing reference period: May 2025 (BLS OEWS national industry staffing)
Exposure measure vintage: Felten, Raj and Seamans 2021 and 2023; Eloundou and coauthors 2023

The staffing data are from May 2025 and the academic exposure measures are older. Neither is a measurement of current AI capability.

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Report PDF: AI Exposure Across U.S. Industries: The Top 25, edition 2.0 application/pdf
Report PDF: AI Office-Efficiency Opportunity in Physical-Service Businesses, edition 1.0 application/pdf
Top 25 ranked industries (CSV, 25 rows) text/csv
All 137 ranked industries (CSV, 137 rows) text/csv
Full dataset, 211 industries including 74 unranked (CSV) text/csv
Full dataset, 211 industries (JSON, generated from the CSV at build time) application/json

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All 137 ranked industries

Sorted by main rank. Points and coverage are rounded to one decimal for display; ranking uses unrounded values. Lower and upper bounds are computed here from the published formula and are sensitivity envelopes, not confidence intervals.

All 137 coverage-qualified industries by main language-exposure score. Buyer School modeled estimate. Index points on a 0 to 100 scale, not a percentage of work, jobs or revenue. Staffing: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Rank	NAICS	Industry	Exposure points	Main coverage (%)	Task-model coverage (%)	Task-model rank	Raw-language rank	Image-model rank	Best rank	Worst rank	Passes 90% gate	Lower bound	Upper bound
1	5411	Legal Services	87.0	97.6	97.5	6	1	4	1	6	Yes	84.9	87.3
2	5242	Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities	83.5	95.4	96.7	1	2	10	1	10	Yes	79.7	84.3
3	5222	Nondepository Credit Intermediation	83.1	89.8	92.8	3	3	13	3	13	No	74.7	84.8
4	5251	Insurance and Employee Benefit Funds	81.9	86.5	88.8	5	4	5	4	5	No	70.9	84.4
5	5241	Insurance Carriers	81.1	90.3	94.6	4	5	6	4	6	Yes	73.2	82.9
6	5412	Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services	79.7	94.2	94.9	7	6	2	2	7	Yes	75.0	80.8
7	8132	Grantmaking and Giving Services	79.1	90.7	86.3	13	7	14	7	14	No	71.8	81.1
8	5416	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	76.4	87.8	91.7	11	10	9	8	11	No	67.1	79.3
9	5614	Business Support Services	76.1	92.8	93.4	2	8	23	2	23	Yes	70.6	77.8
10	5611	Office Administrative Services	76.0	86.8	87.6	10	9	15	9	15	No	66.0	79.2
11	5511	Management of Companies and Enterprises	75.1	87.0	89.7	12	11	8	8	12	No	65.4	78.4
12	5418	Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services	74.0	91.8	94.7	9	12	11	9	12	Yes	67.9	76.1
13	5122	Sound Recording Industries	73.4	89.0	87.5	15	13	12	12	15	No	65.3	76.3
14	8139	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	72.8	94.5	90.3	16	15	18	14	18	Yes	68.8	74.2
15	5161	Radio and Television Broadcasting Stations	72.7	86.4	95.6	8	14	7	7	15	No	62.8	76.4
16	8133	Social Advocacy Organizations	71.4	87.8	85.3	17	16	22	16	22	No	62.6	74.9
17	4885	Freight Transportation Arrangement	69.6	93.9	93.9	20	17	16	16	20	Yes	65.4	71.5
18	8131	Religious Organizations	69.4	87.1	86.4	38	18	34	18	38	No	60.5	73.3
19	5413	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	66.6	87.7	93.6	18	19	1	1	19	No	58.4	70.7
20	6211	Offices of Physicians	66.4	95.9	90.1	28	21	33	20	33	Yes	63.7	67.8
21	5414	Specialized Design Services	65.8	86.4	91.0	21	20	3	3	21	No	56.9	70.5
22	6213	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	65.8	89.0	87.3	32	24	45	22	45	No	58.5	69.6
23	4234	Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	65.3	86.3	91.3	14	22	20	14	23	No	56.4	70.1
24	6242	Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services	64.6	88.3	87.8	25	23	35	23	35	No	57.1	68.8
25	4492	Electronics and Appliance Retailers	63.0	97.0	96.9	19	25	42	19	42	Yes	61.1	64.1
26	5419	Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	60.5	92.5	94.0	30	28	41	26	41	Yes	56.0	63.5
27	5121	Motion Picture and Video Industries	59.8	86.3	91.6	42	27	31	27	42	No	51.6	65.3
28	4582	Shoe Retailers	59.7	98.6	98.5	24	29	117	24	117	Yes	58.9	60.3
29	4583	Jewelry, Luggage, and Leather Goods Retailers	59.6	96.0	96.0	31	30	67	29	67	Yes	57.2	61.2
30	4592	Book Retailers and News Dealers	59.4	87.1	94.5	37	31	112	30	112	No	51.7	64.6
31	4243	Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions Merchant Wholesalers	59.3	90.3	90.3	22	26	36	22	36	Yes	53.6	63.2
32	7121	Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions	59.1	85.8	85.5	27	32	43	27	43	No	50.7	64.9
33	7111	Performing Arts Companies	58.3	93.4	93.9	51	33	58	33	58	Yes	54.4	61.0
34	4581	Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers	57.9	97.5	97.1	29	35	115	29	115	Yes	56.4	58.9
35	2372	Land Subdivision	57.2	89.9	92.3	39	34	21	21	39	No	51.5	61.5
36	4591	Sporting Goods, Hobby, and Musical Instrument Retailers	56.9	95.5	95.5	33	36	109	33	109	Yes	54.3	58.8
37	4561	Health and Personal Care Retailers	56.6	97.6	97.5	23	37	65	23	65	Yes	55.2	57.6
38	4599	Other Miscellaneous Retailers	54.9	93.9	94.0	35	39	104	35	104	Yes	51.5	57.7
39	6212	Offices of Dentists	54.8	99.0	98.9	74	41	72	39	74	Yes	54.3	55.3
40	4831	Deep Sea, Coastal, and Great Lakes Water Transportation	54.4	88.0	87.0	41	38	26	26	41	No	47.8	59.9
41	4491	Furniture and Home Furnishings Retailers	53.9	94.8	95.3	40	40	97	40	97	Yes	51.1	56.3
42	4453	Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers	53.0	97.4	97.7	34	47	126	34	126	Yes	51.6	54.2
43	7112	Spectator Sports	52.3	91.6	92.5	58	43	64	43	64	Yes	47.9	56.3
44	2212	Natural Gas Distribution	52.2	90.7	89.5	48	42	27	27	48	No	47.3	56.6
45	8134	Civic and Social Organizations	52.1	94.4	93.7	50	44	95	44	95	Yes	49.2	54.8
46	6219	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	52.1	91.4	89.9	46	50	48	46	50	No	47.6	56.2
47	8112	Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance	52.0	88.6	89.6	36	48	24	24	48	No	46.1	57.5
48	3254	Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	51.7	93.5	91.2	47	45	30	30	48	Yes	48.3	54.8
49	7113	Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events	51.4	92.2	94.3	56	49	59	49	59	Yes	47.4	55.2
50	8122	Death Care Services	50.8	94.4	97.7	64	53	82	50	82	Yes	48.0	53.6
51	4238	Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	50.4	91.8	92.4	26	46	49	26	51	Yes	46.2	54.5
52	2211	Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	50.3	94.0	94.1	63	52	29	29	63	Yes	47.3	53.2
53	2111	Oil and Gas Extraction	50.0	93.6	91.7	59	51	32	32	59	Yes	46.8	53.2
54	4571	Gasoline Stations	49.6	94.6	99.0	44	57	130	44	130	Yes	46.9	52.3
55	4412	Other Motor Vehicle Dealers	49.0	97.1	96.8	62	54	83	54	83	Yes	47.6	50.5
56	4441	Building Material and Supplies Dealers	48.9	96.7	96.7	45	55	121	45	121	Yes	47.3	50.6
57	4812	Nonscheduled Air Transportation	48.6	90.7	91.9	60	58	19	19	60	Yes	44.1	53.4
58	8121	Personal Care Services	48.3	96.7	96.3	121	60	63	58	121	Yes	46.7	50.1
59	7212	RV (Recreational Vehicle) Parks and Recreational Camps	47.4	94.9	94.7	67	56	81	56	81	Yes	45.0	50.1
60	4411	Automobile Dealers	47.0	95.4	96.8	57	59	76	57	76	Yes	44.9	49.5
61	2213	Water, Sewage and Other Systems	46.3	95.2	95.1	69	62	44	44	69	Yes	44.1	48.9
62	4593	Florists	46.2	96.7	96.8	53	64	47	47	64	Yes	44.7	48.0
63	4442	Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Retailers	45.9	97.6	97.4	54	61	118	54	118	Yes	44.8	47.2
64	6231	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	45.8	95.4	95.6	85	66	133	64	133	Yes	43.7	48.3
65	4231	Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	45.0	91.2	91.6	52	63	66	52	66	Yes	41.1	49.8
66	5619	Other Support Services	44.8	87.4	87.4	49	65	73	49	73	No	39.1	51.8
67	5616	Investigation and Security Services	44.1	92.6	97.2	61	69	60	60	69	Yes	40.8	48.2
68	3231	Printing and Related Support Activities	43.6	95.3	95.8	73	67	46	46	73	Yes	41.6	46.3
69	8129	Other Personal Services	42.9	89.6	90.5	72	68	113	68	113	No	38.4	48.8
70	4811	Scheduled Air Transportation	42.0	95.0	96.7	70	73	77	70	77	Yes	39.9	44.9
71	7139	Other Amusement and Recreation Industries	42.0	96.0	97.1	65	71	127	65	127	Yes	40.3	44.3
72	3241	Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing	41.5	94.5	89.4	76	72	38	38	76	No	39.2	44.8
73	5321	Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing	41.5	91.1	93.1	43	70	88	43	88	Yes	37.8	46.7
74	4862	Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas	41.4	88.9	88.7	83	74	37	37	83	No	36.8	47.9
75	7213	Rooming and Boarding Houses, Dormitories, and Workers' Camps	40.4	89.0	89.0	115	75	125	75	125	No	35.9	46.9
76	7224	Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)	39.2	97.8	98.6	111	85	135	76	135	Yes	38.3	40.5
77	3113	Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing	39.2	94.4	94.0	88	80	107	77	107	Yes	37.0	42.6
78	2362	Nonresidential Building Construction	39.1	90.1	97.1	80	76	51	51	80	Yes	35.2	45.2
79	4413	Automotive Parts, Accessories, and Tire Retailers	38.8	97.8	97.9	71	79	108	71	108	Yes	37.9	40.1
80	3121	Beverage Manufacturing	38.8	96.7	96.4	86	81	110	80	110	Yes	37.5	40.8
81	4572	Fuel Dealers	38.7	94.4	94.2	55	77	52	52	81	Yes	36.6	42.2
82	2361	Residential Building Construction	37.8	92.3	96.2	82	78	70	70	82	Yes	34.9	42.6
83	3118	Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing	37.2	92.2	96.4	109	89	102	83	109	Yes	34.3	42.1
84	4854	School and Employee Bus Transportation	36.8	93.4	98.4	91	95	17	17	95	Yes	34.4	41.0
85	3111	Animal Food Manufacturing	36.8	94.5	94.0	87	86	78	78	87	Yes	34.8	40.3
86	4889	Other Support Activities for Transportation	36.7	87.8	87.2	66	82	91	66	91	No	32.2	44.4
87	4245	Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers	36.5	92.3	91.8	78	83	90	78	90	Yes	33.6	41.4
88	3122	Tobacco Manufacturing	36.4	86.8	85.7	90	87	86	86	90	No	31.6	44.8
89	3152	Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing	36.2	87.0	86.6	97	84	40	40	97	No	31.5	44.5
90	8114	Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance	35.8	91.1	91.3	101	90	89	89	101	Yes	32.6	41.5
91	5629	Remediation and Other Waste Management Services	35.6	92.8	94.2	93	88	68	68	93	Yes	33.0	40.2
92	5612	Facilities Support Services	35.5	90.7	91.9	105	92	120	92	120	Yes	32.2	41.5
93	2382	Building Equipment Contractors	34.7	96.3	98.2	92	94	61	61	94	Yes	33.4	37.1
94	8113	Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance	34.7	93.6	94.5	84	91	74	74	94	Yes	32.4	38.8
95	3119	Other Food Manufacturing	34.4	91.6	92.1	106	97	106	95	106	Yes	31.6	40.0
96	3221	Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills	34.3	95.1	93.5	117	98	87	87	117	Yes	32.6	37.5
97	3112	Grain and Oilseed Milling	34.0	94.6	90.8	95	96	92	92	97	Yes	32.2	37.6
98	1152	Support Activities for Animal Production	34.0	92.6	91.7	107	100	122	98	122	Yes	31.5	38.8
99	3149	Other Textile Product Mills	33.9	85.1	85.3	104	93	54	54	104	No	28.9	43.8
100	3115	Dairy Product Manufacturing	33.9	94.1	95.2	102	102	103	100	103	Yes	31.9	37.8
101	8123	Drycleaning and Laundry Services	33.8	98.1	97.9	112	106	128	101	128	Yes	33.2	35.0
102	4883	Support Activities for Water Transportation	33.2	86.9	86.1	94	99	57	57	102	No	28.8	41.9
103	3222	Converted Paper Product Manufacturing	33.0	93.8	94.3	122	104	99	99	122	Yes	30.9	37.1
104	3314	Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Production and Processing	33.0	93.8	92.1	98	103	75	75	104	Yes	30.9	37.1
105	5622	Waste Treatment and Disposal	32.8	91.6	91.0	79	101	62	62	105	Yes	30.0	38.4
106	4821	Rail Transportation	32.5	89.7	95.4	96	108	50	50	108	No	29.1	39.4
107	3114	Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing	32.4	93.3	92.0	116	107	111	107	116	Yes	30.2	36.9
108	3312	Steel Product Manufacturing from Purchased Steel	32.0	91.7	92.9	103	105	84	84	108	Yes	29.3	37.7
109	3313	Alumina and Aluminum Production and Processing	30.8	89.3	89.9	114	109	94	94	114	No	27.5	38.2
110	8111	Automotive Repair and Maintenance	30.3	93.9	96.5	128	110	105	105	128	Yes	28.4	34.5
111	3262	Rubber Product Manufacturing	30.2	89.4	88.5	120	111	101	101	120	No	27.0	37.6
112	2122	Metal Ore Mining	29.8	87.2	88.8	100	112	53	53	112	No	26.0	38.8
113	4852	Interurban and Rural Bus Transportation	29.7	87.1	90.4	81	113	28	28	113	No	25.9	38.8
114	2131	Support Activities for Mining	29.6	94.2	93.6	118	114	79	79	118	Yes	27.8	33.7
115	3311	Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing	29.5	89.2	89.0	110	116	85	85	116	No	26.3	37.1
116	3132	Fabric Mills	29.4	91.0	89.4	99	117	114	99	117	No	26.8	35.8
117	2379	Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	29.1	93.3	95.2	119	115	71	71	119	Yes	27.2	33.8
118	3315	Foundries	29.1	90.8	92.7	129	119	98	98	129	Yes	26.4	35.6
119	2371	Utility System Construction	28.6	95.5	97.5	126	120	80	80	126	Yes	27.3	31.8
120	4832	Inland Water Transportation	28.4	92.8	92.5	123	122	39	39	123	Yes	26.4	33.6
121	4851	Urban Transit Systems	28.0	88.9	93.2	89	121	25	25	121	No	24.9	36.0
122	4884	Support Activities for Road Transportation	27.9	93.1	92.6	75	118	56	56	122	Yes	26.0	32.9
123	4931	Warehousing and Storage	26.1	95.0	94.7	113	126	131	113	131	Yes	24.8	29.8
124	2383	Building Finishing Contractors	25.7	95.3	96.8	131	123	124	123	131	Yes	24.5	29.3
125	2389	Other Specialty Trade Contractors	25.5	95.3	96.3	127	124	96	96	127	Yes	24.3	29.0
126	2123	Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying	25.4	94.8	94.2	124	125	69	69	126	Yes	24.1	29.3
127	2373	Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction	24.6	96.8	98.2	130	127	93	93	130	Yes	23.8	27.0
128	5621	Waste Collection	24.0	95.2	94.8	77	128	100	77	128	Yes	22.9	27.7
129	2381	Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors	23.6	96.6	98.1	133	129	123	123	133	Yes	22.8	26.2
130	3116	Animal Slaughtering and Processing	23.3	93.7	93.0	137	130	134	130	137	Yes	21.9	28.2
131	5617	Services to Buildings and Dwellings	22.6	96.5	96.6	136	131	136	131	136	Yes	21.8	25.3
132	3211	Sawmills and Wood Preservation	21.7	95.3	94.4	134	132	119	119	134	Yes	20.7	25.4
133	4922	Local Messengers and Local Delivery	20.8	96.0	96.1	68	133	116	68	133	Yes	19.9	23.9
134	3131	Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills	19.7	93.0	91.1	132	134	132	132	134	Yes	18.4	25.3
135	1133	Logging	18.5	92.4	91.8	125	135	55	55	135	Yes	17.1	24.7
136	4921	Couriers and Express Delivery Services	15.6	94.0	94.0	108	136	129	108	136	Yes	14.7	20.7
137	1151	Support Activities for Crop Production	15.3	98.0	97.9	135	137	137	135	137	Yes	15.0	16.9

74 unranked categories

These industries are in the dataset but fail the joint 85% coverage rule. They are not assigned a rank or a headline score, and they are not assumed to have low exposure. The reason shown is derived from the two coverage columns.

74 industries left unranked for low matching coverage. Buyer School modeled estimate for coverage figures. Unranked is not zero exposure.
NAICS	Industry	Main coverage (%)	Task-model coverage (%)	Status	Reason
2121	Coal Mining	83.6	92.0	Unranked	Main coverage below 85%
3117	Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging	88.8	84.7	Unranked	Task-model coverage below 85%
3133	Textile and Fabric Finishing and Fabric Coating Mills	68.0	72.6	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3141	Textile Furnishings Mills	85.1	85.0	Unranked	Task-model coverage below 85%
3151	Apparel Knitting Mills	84.4	82.9	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3159	Apparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing	84.1	83.1	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3161	Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing	73.3	74.8	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3162	Footwear Manufacturing	82.3	81.7	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3169	Other Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing	75.0	74.9	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3212	Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Wood Product Manufacturing	76.1	74.6	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3219	Other Wood Product Manufacturing	70.9	71.2	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3261	Plastics Product Manufacturing	85.0	84.8	Unranked	Task-model coverage below 85%
3327	Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing	81.7	93.3	Unranked	Main coverage below 85%
3328	Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities	81.8	93.1	Unranked	Main coverage below 85%
3333	Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing	67.5	72.2	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3335	Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing	81.6	90.4	Unranked	Main coverage below 85%
3336	Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing	80.2	81.4	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3341	Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing	67.4	82.9	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3342	Communications Equipment Manufacturing	66.9	78.6	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3343	Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing	59.0	65.7	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3344	Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing	73.1	79.0	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3345	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	69.1	76.6	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3346	Manufacturing and Reproducing Magnetic and Optical Media	55.8	65.2	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3351	Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing	63.9	66.5	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3352	Household Appliance Manufacturing	57.3	57.5	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3353	Electrical Equipment Manufacturing	61.7	64.1	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3359	Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing	65.9	65.5	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3361	Motor Vehicle Manufacturing	38.3	40.2	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3362	Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing	61.9	66.0	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3363	Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing	68.7	70.0	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3364	Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	80.4	83.8	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3365	Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing	65.6	68.6	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3366	Ship and Boat Building	78.0	80.9	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3369	Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	64.3	65.0	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3379	Other Furniture Related Product Manufacturing	64.1	63.0	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3391	Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing	78.9	79.9	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
3399	Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing	71.8	73.9	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
4251	Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers	80.2	81.5	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
4853	Taxi and Limousine Service	62.8	93.9	Unranked	Main coverage below 85%
4855	Charter Bus Industry	84.5	94.4	Unranked	Main coverage below 85%
4859	Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation	39.6	94.5	Unranked	Main coverage below 85%
4861	Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil	84.8	83.5	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
4869	Other Pipeline Transportation	77.7	79.6	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
4871	Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land	60.3	64.7	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
4872	Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Water	80.2	79.7	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
4879	Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Other	58.4	64.5	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
4881	Support Activities for Air Transportation	84.8	93.4	Unranked	Main coverage below 85%
4882	Support Activities for Rail Transportation	83.7	89.9	Unranked	Main coverage below 85%
5131	Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers	84.2	94.8	Unranked	Main coverage below 85%
5132	Software Publishers	60.0	93.6	Unranked	Main coverage below 85%
5162	Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers	73.8	91.0	Unranked	Main coverage below 85%
5182	Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services	69.9	91.1	Unranked	Main coverage below 85%
5192	Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services	60.2	91.2	Unranked	Main coverage below 85%
5211	Monetary Authorities-Central Bank	70.2	84.0	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
5259	Other Investment Pools and Funds	83.2	83.7	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
5331	Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works)	87.2	84.8	Unranked	Task-model coverage below 85%
5415	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	66.0	92.8	Unranked	Main coverage below 85%
5417	Scientific Research and Development Services	85.0	86.0	Unranked	Main coverage below 85%
5613	Employment Services	83.6	82.7	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
5615	Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services	84.4	87.7	Unranked	Main coverage below 85%
6214	Outpatient Care Centers	83.6	81.7	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
6215	Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	74.7	74.2	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
6216	Home Health Care Services	38.6	38.4	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
6232	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities	44.0	43.5	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
6233	Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly	71.8	72.6	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
6239	Other Residential Care Facilities	58.9	58.2	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
6241	Individual and Family Services	27.6	27.8	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
6243	Vocational Rehabilitation Services	70.7	69.8	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
6244	Child Care Services	84.4	84.0	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
7114	Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures	75.7	75.4	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
7115	Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers	47.9	54.2	Unranked	Both coverage measures below 85%
7131	Amusement Parks and Arcades	81.8	87.9	Unranked	Main coverage below 85%
7223	Special Food Services	79.1	97.6	Unranked	Main coverage below 85%
7225	Restaurants and Other Eating Places	70.3	99.2	Unranked	Main coverage below 85%

Field notes

Definitions below are limited to what the reports and methodology state. Derived fields are Buyer School modeled estimates; BLS employment counts are official statistics.

Fields in the ranked file and the main field groups of the full file.
Field	Meaning
overall_exposure_rank	Main rank, 1 to 137. Higher exposure points sort first. Buyer School modeled estimate.
naics4	Four-digit NAICS industry code as used in the BLS staffing file. Official classification.
industry	Official industry title.
overall_language_exposure_points	Main score. Employment-weighted average of occupational language-exposure percentiles (0 to 100) among matched employees. Index points, not a percentage of work. Buyer School modeled estimate.
match_coverage_pct	Main coverage: matched employment as a percent of total industry employment. Buyer School modeled estimate.
eloundou_coverage_pct	Task-model coverage: percent of industry employment matched to the alternate task-based measure. Buyer School modeled estimate.
overall_task_rank	Rank within the same 137 industries using the alternate task-based measure. Buyer School modeled estimate.
overall_raw_language_rank	Rank using the original raw language index instead of its percentile transformation. Buyer School modeled estimate.
overall_image_rank	Rank using the image-generation exposure index. A different modality, not a newer language model. Buyer School modeled estimate.
overall_model_rank_min, overall_model_rank_max	Best and worst rank across the four stated specifications. Model sensitivity, not a confidence interval. Buyer School modeled estimate.
office_exposure_broad, physical_broad_share_pct	Inputs to the separate office-opportunity construct. Not part of the main exposure score. Buyer School modeled estimate.
higher_threshold_90_eligible	True when both coverage measures are at least 90%.
oews_total_employment (full file)	Total industry employment from BLS OEWS May 2025. Official government statistic, not a Buyer School estimate.
risk_* (full file)	Legacy fields from the earlier nine-industry customer-facing screen. Supplementary only. They are not the main ranking and must not be cited as it.
benefit_* (full file)	Office-opportunity fields for the companion report: narrow, broad and task-alternative specifications, their ranks and the 83-industry eligibility flag. Buyer School modeled estimate.

How to cite this research

Buyer School (2026). AI Industry Exposure Dataset, edition 2.0, prepared October 4, 2026. First published October 5, 2026. Business Buyer School. https://businessbuyerschool.com/research/ai-industry-exposure-data/. Buyer School modeled estimates using BLS OEWS May 2025 staffing and published occupational exposure measures.

Author and publisher: Buyer School Research, the research imprint of Business Buyer School (businessbuyerschool.com), operated by Dig Inc LLC. Organizational authorship; no individual author is named.
Attribution: describe scores, ranks, coverage figures and cohort counts as "Buyer School modeled estimate". Employment totals are BLS statistics.
Review status: prepared with AI assistance and programmatic calculations from public sources. Not independently peer reviewed. No DOI has been assigned.
Reuse: a data license has not been published. Short quotations of findings with attribution and a link to this page are welcome.
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