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AI exposure Transportation and material moving

Will AI replace passenger attendants?

Passenger Attendants. US occupation 53-6061.

11.7%

of the time passenger attendants spend on their work goes on tasks where AI is already being used to do that work.of passenger attendants' working hours go on tasks AI has already started taking off their plate.

Ranked 170 of 756 US occupations. More exposed than 77% of them.Further along than 77% of them.

Average US job 7.7%

Well above the typical job.Ahead of most of the workforce.

What AI already does for passenger attendantsWhat passenger attendants no longer do alone

O*NET lists 12 tasks for passenger attendants. AI use at work shows up in 1 of them. Each score runs from 0.5, where every observed use helps a person with the task, to 1, where every use does the task outright.

  1. Provide customers with information on routes, gates, prices, timetables, terminals, or concourses. mostly automated 0.95

What it does not touch, yetWhat still needs a human

11 of the 12 tasks show no AI use at work in the data.

  • Determine or facilitate seating arrangements.Core task
  • Explain and demonstrate safety procedures and safety equipment use.Core task
  • Greet passengers boarding transportation equipment and announce routes and stops.Core task
  • Open and close doors for passengers.Core task
  • Perform equipment safety checks prior to departure.Core task
  • Provide boarding assistance to elderly, sick, or injured people.Core task
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  • Respond to passengers' questions, requests, or complaints.Core task
  • Secure passengers for transportation by buckling seatbelts or fastening wheelchairs with tie-down straps.Core task
  • Signal transportation operators to stop or to proceed.Core task
  • Adjust window shades or seat cushions at the request of passengers.
  • Count and verify tickets and seat reservations and record numbers of passengers boarding and disembarking.

How that compares

Among the 44 transportation and material moving occupations, passenger attendants rank 1. The group averages 0.6%. The average US occupation sits at 7.7%.

All 756 occupations, ranked

Just above in the ranking

  1. 167Construction Managers 11.9%
  2. 168Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes 11.8%
  3. 168Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 11.8%

Just below

  1. 171Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 11.4%
  2. 172Clergy 11.2%
  3. 173Geographers 11.0%

What this does and does not mean

Exposure is observed use, not a forecast. Anthropic maps work conversations with Claude onto the tasks O*NET lists for each job and asks, of the tasks AI could speed up, which are actually being used for at work. A use that does the task outright counts in full and a use that assists a person counts half. The task scores are averaged into the occupation figure by the share of time spent on each task.

A high figure means AI is already part of how this work gets done. It does not mean anyone has been replaced. Anthropic's own reading of the labour market finds no systematic rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting exposed jobs.No measurable rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting these jobs. Gap years for everyone. Labor market impacts, 5 March 2026.

Task list and titles from O*NET 31.0 by the US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. Scores from the Anthropic Economic Index (CC BY). Checked 1 November 2026. How the ranking works.