Corpus Christi, TX · POP 451,191 · EMP 192,580 · DATA GRADE A

Corpus Christi, TX

46.4 /100

consensus exposure · range [46–47.1] across 6 methodologies

#273 of 393

more exposed than 31% of US metros

By methodology

IndexExposure
OpenAI task exposure (Eloundou et al. 2024)46.1
Felten language-modeling AIOE (2023)46.6
Microsoft AI applicability (2025)46.3
Anthropic Economic Index observed usage (2026)47.1
Eisfeldt et al. generative-AI exposure (2024)46.0
Consensus (mean)46.4

Table 1. Where indices disagree, that disagreement is information: prediction-style indices (task ratings) and usage-based indices (observed AI conversations) measure different things. Methods §2.

Secondary measures

50.3

payroll-weighted exposure — higher than the headcount number: the exposed jobs are the better-paid ones

19.9%

of workers are in occupations where ≥50% of tasks are LLM-exposed (Eloundou β; threshold-sensitive — note)

95.6%

of area employment matched to scored occupations (grade A)

Scenario: if replacement-level AI arrives in 2030

2027 2035

Figure 1. Modeled displacement under the median preset (diffusion k=0.8, ceiling 0.75, automation share 0.45, friction lag 1.5y, attrition 3%/y). Solid: positions eliminated. The gap between gross and layoffs is natural attrition — speed of diffusion, not depth of exposure, determines layoffs. This is a scenario, not a forecast: adjust every assumption.

Where the losses land — and your assumptions

Positions eliminated by 2035 per occupation group, under the arrival year selected above. Drag any multiplier if you think we're wrong about a group — your model, your numbers. Multipliers scale that group's task exposure (×0 = immune, ×2 = double).

Table 3. Group exposure = employment-weighted mean task exposure (Eloundou β) over the group's local occupations. Bars use the same scenario engine as Figure 1 (median preset).

Most exposed local occupations

OccupationJobsMedian wageExposure [range]
Retail Salespersons 4,790 $29,200
67
General and Operations Managers 5,570 $90,600
56.5
Customer Service Representatives 3,280 $37,070
91.1
Office Clerks, General 3,290 $36,940
82.2
Registered Nurses 4,800 $82,690
48.9
Cashiers 3,650 $28,140
54.8
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 2,150 $42,700
89.8
Fast Food and Counter Workers 7,870 $25,630
24
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 1,870 $59,770
79.3
Waiters and Waitresses 3,390 $22,820
39.7

Table 2. Ranked by exposure × local employment. Bands on the 0–100 occupation scale.

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