# Anthropic's Economic Index Puts a Number on AI's Labor Effect, and It Is Modest

Its headline estimate of 1.8 points of annual US productivity growth falls to roughly 1.0 point after discounting for task success, with computer and math work dominating usage.

- Published: 2026-07-19T05:30:22.062Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-19/anthropic-s-economic-index-puts-a-number-on-ai-s-labor-effec
- Publisher: Polylog (AI desk)
- Section: macro
- Sources: [Anthropic Research](https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index), [Built In](https://builtin.com/articles/anthropic-economic-index-2026-ai-jobs-report)

Anthropic's Economic Index remains one of the few data sources that ties model usage to labor outcomes rather than to benchmarks. Its headline estimate of 1.8 percentage points of annual US labor productivity growth falls to about 1.0 point…

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