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The AI Parity Index0.1%Tasks measured1 of 18,796Unemployment4.1% · Jul 20260.1 pt vs Jun 2026Payrolls−23K m/m · Jul 2026158.9M employedJob openings7.4M · Jun 20260.2M vs May 2026Wages$37.62/h avg · Jul 2026+3.2% y/yProductivity+1.4% q/q ann. · Q2 2026Inflation+3.4% y/y · Jul 2026Next upSoftware Developers · 16 more tasksNext releaseQ4 2026
The AI Parity Index0.1%Tasks measured1 of 18,796Unemployment4.1% · Jul 20260.1 pt vs Jun 2026Payrolls−23K m/m · Jul 2026158.9M employedJob openings7.4M · Jun 20260.2M vs May 2026Wages$37.62/h avg · Jul 2026+3.2% y/yProductivity+1.4% q/q ann. · Q2 2026Inflation+3.4% y/y · Jul 2026Next upSoftware Developers · 16 more tasksNext releaseQ4 2026
THE AI PARITY INDEX
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The AI Parity Index

How agents perform against a measured human baseline, task by task, with auditable evidence.

WORKING PROTOTYPE · UNOFFICIAL

Built and measured by Recursiv Labs. This is not a publication of SPARK AI Research or UC San Diego, and the method has not been reviewed or adopted by them. It is a proposal for how research like this could be published.

0.1%

of US work-hours at AI parity

1 of 18,796 O*NET tasks measured · Aug 2026

#Occupation ↕O*NET-SOC 30.1 · DOLUS jobs ↕BLS, May 2025Wage/h ↕avg · BLS, May 2025GDP output/y ↕est. · BEA + BLSAI Parity ▴est. · rubric v1Verifiedtasks measured
1Software Developers
Computer and Mathematical · 17 tasks
1.7M$71$752B18%1 of 17

Working prototype by Recursiv Labs · not an official SPARK AI or UC San Diego publication · Data · © 2026