Sandusky, OH · POP 112,777 · EMP 50,100 · DATA GRADE A

Sandusky, OH

44.8 /100

consensus exposure · range [43–48] across 6 methodologies

#355 of 393

more exposed than 10% of US metros

By methodology

IndexExposure
OpenAI task exposure (Eloundou et al. 2024)43.0
Felten language-modeling AIOE (2023)44.2
Microsoft AI applicability (2025)48.0
Anthropic Economic Index observed usage (2026)44.7
Eisfeldt et al. generative-AI exposure (2024)44.0
Consensus (mean)44.8

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

47.8

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

15.9%

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

86.7%

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 1,510 $31,000
67
Cashiers 1,690 $28,530
54.8
General and Operations Managers 1,380 $81,790
56.5
Office Clerks, General 790 $41,760
82.2
Waiters and Waitresses 1,400 $34,610
39.7
Fast Food and Counter Workers 2,070 $27,590
24
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 520 $44,600
89.8
Registered Nurses 940 $81,310
48.9
Customer Service Representatives 470 $39,260
91.1
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 710 $29,620
52.5

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

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