2026 risk ranking

Jobs AI will replace.

These are the 5 highest-risk roles by our 2026 model — high task automation, low human-judgment requirement, low physical or regulatory friction.

Even at REPLACE risk, most workers will move to AI-augmented adjacencies. Open any role for the lateral and upward retraining paths.

Highest risk

Data Entry Clerk — score 100/100

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The full ranking

All 5 REPLACE-classified roles.

  1. 01Data Entry ClerkRisk score 100 · REPLACE100
  2. 02Customer Service RepresentativeRisk score 94 · REPLACE94
  3. 03BookkeeperRisk score 92 · REPLACE92
  4. 04CopywriterRisk score 91 · REPLACE91
  5. 05QA TesterRisk score 88 · REPLACE88

How the ranking is built

Five dimensions, one classification.

REPLACE classification requires task automation ≥ 60, judgment requirement < 40, and physical requirement < 30. The exact formulas, the per-industry overlays, and the per-country adoption-pace factors are all on the methodology page.

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