United States
2.8 points above what its income predicts · expected 49.1% at its GDP per capita
United States is the only country of North America in the atlas: 51.9% of its task time is at least partly delegable, above the world figure of 35.2% and 3.2 points above high-income countries.
| Indicator | United States | Rank in region | Highest in region | Region | High income | World | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delegability | |||||||
| ADI: task time at least partly delegable (L2–L3) | 51.9 | 1 of 1 | United States (51.9) | 51.9 | 48.7 | 35.2 | ADI v2026.1 |
| ADI3: task time fully delegable (L3) | 3.6 | 1 of 1 | United States (3.6) | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.5 | ADI v2026.1 |
| ADIs: expected share of working time delegable | 38.9 | 1 of 1 | United States (38.9) | 38.9 | 37.4 | 29.5 | ADI v2026.1 |
| Adoption | |||||||
| AI use per working-age adult (index) | 4.06 | 1 of 1 | United States (4.06) | 4.06 | 2.80 | 1.53 | Anthropic Economic Index |
| Context | |||||||
| GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $) | 76,931 | 1 of 1 | United States (76,931) | 76,931 | 56,341 | 27,620 | World Bank WDI |
| Informal employment, % of total employment | – | – | – | – | 12.5 | 50.2 | ILOSTAT |
Region: the 1 countries of North America in the atlas (World Bank regions). Delegability rows are employment-weighted means; adoption and context rows are simple means over countries with data. For informality, rank 1 is the lowest. With equal weights inside reported groups, the preregistered sensitivity check, United States’s ADI is 51.8%.
United States against the delegation divide
Each flag is a country; the dashed line is what GDP per capita alone predicts. North America keeps its colours, the rest is grey. United States is 2.8 points above what its income predicts.
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Who works in United States, and how delegable their tasks are
Professionals and technicians and associate professionals supply 53% of United States’s delegable task time while employing 41% of its workers.
Hover a block to read one group. Shade: the group’s ADI, light 10% to dark 85%.
| Major group | Employment, United States | World | ADI of group, United States | Points of ADI, United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Managers | 11.7% | 3.9% | 83.6 | 9.8 |
| 4 · Clerical support workers | 8.3% | 5.0% | 78.7 | 6.5 |
| 2 · Professionals | 23.0% | 11.2% | 73.7 | 16.9 |
| 3 · Technicians and associate professionals | 17.8% | 6.7% | 60.4 | 10.7 |
| 5 · Service and sales workers | 14.7% | 17.8% | 28.3 | 4.2 |
| 8 · Plant and machine operators and assemblers | 5.6% | 7.6% | 13.4 | 0.8 |
| 6 · Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | 0.4% | 21.9% | 18.1 | 0.1 |
| 7 · Craft and related trades workers | 8.1% | 10.8% | 18.8 | 1.5 |
| 9 · Elementary occupations | 10.4% | 15.2% | 13.5 | 1.4 |
Barriers, weighted by its jobs
The largest gap with the world is physical presence: 54% of task weight against 72% worldwide, a lighter brake on agents.
| Barrier | Share of task weight | USA | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical presence | 54% | 72% | |
| Accountability | 33% | 26% | |
| Trust and care | 35% | 26% | |
| Access to systems | 64% | 59% |
Dashed tick: world, weighting the same tasks by world employment. A task can carry more than one barrier.
Delegable work and actual AI use
With 4.06× the world’s Claude use per working-age person, United States uses AI more than its delegable work alone would suggest (gap -0.51 standard deviations).
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Its region
United States is the only country of North America in the atlas.
| Country | ADI | % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 51.9 |
Dashed line: regional employment-weighted mean, 51.9%. World: 35.2%.
Espinal Maya, Cristian, and Santiago Jiménez Londoño. 2026. ADI v2026.1: Agent Delegability Index data, code and MCP server. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23552918. Record: United States (USA), https://balamlabs.org/adi/countries/USA
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author = {Espinal Maya, Cristian and Jim{\'e}nez Londo{\~n}o, Santiago},
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