Anthropic Economic Index: 35% of Workers Expect AI to Handle Most Tasks Within a Year

Short summary

Anthropic's June 2026 Economic Index report, based on millions of Claude conversations and a 9,700-user survey, reveals that 35% of workers expect AI to handle most of their tasks within a year. Higher-wage occupations consume significantly more tokens and produce more output with Claude, suggesting labor augmentation rather than displacement. Workers who delegate the most to AI are the most optimistic about their careers, while early-career workers express the greatest fear of job loss.

• •35% of surveyed workers expect AI to handle most of their job within 12 months
• •Higher-wage roles use Claude more intensively — more tokens, turns, and output — indicating augmentation over displacement
• •Heaviest AI delegators are most career-optimistic; early-career workers are most fearful of job loss

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