Watch AI sweep the map.

393 US METROS · 6 EXPOSURE INDICES · BLS OEWS May 2025 · scenario, not forecast

AI ARRIVES
LENS
2026
0%
12%+
Fig. 1. Heat = positions eliminated: blob size tracks employment, glow tracks the toll under the selected scenario. Hover any glow. Click for the city's full breakdown.

MOST EXPOSED

#MetroExposure [range]
1 Boulder, CO
57.3
2 San Jose, CA
56.8
3 Lexington Park, MD
56.5
4 Trenton, NJ
56.3
5 Durham, NC
56.0
6 Washington, DC
55.5
7 Tallahassee, FL
55.1
8 Olympia, WA
55.0
9 Ithaca, NY
54.9
10 Austin, TX
54.6

LEAST EXPOSED

#MetroExposure [range]
393 Salinas, CA
39.8
392 Visalia, CA
40.1
391 Hanford, CA
41.5
390 Yakima, WA
42.3
389 Bakersfield, CA
42.4
388 Albany, OR
42.6
387 Merced, CA
42.7
386 Stockton, CA
42.9
385 Elkhart, IN
42.9
384 Vineland, NJ
43.0

Abstract. We compute metro-level exposure to AI-driven job displacement by weighting six published occupation-level exposure indices by each metro's occupational employment mix, reported with the full range across methodologies — never a bare point estimate. The map's timeline is a clearly-labeled scenario layer with every assumption adjustable. Methods · Data & validation.