Microsoft Ranks Occupations by Generative AI Applicability

Microsoft researchers publish a July 2025 report ranking occupations by generative AI applicability, analyzing roughly 200,000 Copilot conversations to measure exposure. They find translators, historians, writers, and customer-service and sales roles (about 5 million U.S. jobs) among the most exposed, while hands-on operators like dredge and water-treatment workers show minimal exposure; researchers caution applicability doesn't guarantee replacement.