The State of Applied AI.
Which jobs is AI actually reshaping, and what does each one now need to learn? This is a map of the 166 professions and 96 transferable skills the AI+ Library covers across 18 sectors — drawn from the world’s most complete Applied AI curriculum. Jump to the coverage index, the frameworks, or how this was built.
Most “state of AI” reports measure the technology. This one measures the work. Every profession below reached the point where AI changed the day-to-day enough to need its own playbook — a dedicated title written by AI engineers and verified by practitioners in that field. Read together, the list is a picture of where applied AI has actually landed in the working world, and where it is still arriving.
The sectors are ranked by how much of the professional landscape the library now has to cover to serve them. Each links to its own section, with the specific roles and skills involved.
Applied AI, by sector.
| # | Sector | Professions | Skills | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Business Operations | 10 | 21 | 32 |
| 2 | Education | 12 | 4 | 29 |
| 3 | Marketing & Creative | 17 | 10 | 29 |
| 4 | Research & Media | 7 | 16 | 26 |
| 5 | Sales & Commercial | 17 | 9 | 26 |
| 6 | Healthcare | 23 | — | 23 |
| 7 | Engineering & Construction | 22 | — | 22 |
| 8 | TVET | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| 9 | Public Sector | 14 | — | 14 |
| 10 | Finance | 9 | 3 | 13 |
| 11 | HR & People | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 12 | Technology & Digital | 9 | — | 10 |
| 13 | Communication | — | 9 | 9 |
| 14 | Uniformed Services | 7 | — | 8 |
| 15 | Strategy & Leadership | — | 5 | 7 |
| 16 | Legal | 5 | — | 6 |
| 17 | Agriculture & Food | 3 | — | 3 |
| 18 | Regulatory & Compliance | — | 3 | 3 |
Professions are Tier 2 titles (one per role); skills are Tier 3 titles (transferable across roles). A sector’s rank reflects the breadth of professional work AI has reshaped there, measured by the number of distinct playbooks the field now requires.
Business Operations
- AI+ Administrative Professionals
- AI+ Agile Teams
- AI+ Business Leaders
- AI+ Case Management
- AI+ Change Management
- AI+ Data Analysis
- AI+ Data Storytelling
- AI+ Data Visualisation
- AI+ Event Planning
- AI+ Executive Assistants
- AI+ Facilities Managers
- AI+ Inventory and Resource Management
- AI+ Knowledge Management
- AI+ Knowledge Management Workbook
- +18 more →
Education
- AI+ Assessment Design
- AI+ Assessment Design Workbook
- AI+ Early Childhood Educators
- AI+ Early Childhood Educators Workbook
- AI+ Educational Psychologists
- AI+ Educators
- AI+ Educators Workbook
- AI+ Guidance & Career Counsellors
- AI+ Instructional Design
- AI+ Instructional Design Workbook
- AI+ Language & EFL Teachers
- AI+ Language & EFL Teachers Workbook
- AI+ Lesson Planning
- AI+ Lesson Planning Workbook
- +15 more →
Marketing & Creative
Research & Media
- AI+ Academic Research
- AI+ Archivists & Records Managers
- AI+ Cataloguing & Metadata
- AI+ Cataloguing & Metadata Workbook
- AI+ Clinical Research & Evidence-Based Practice
- AI+ Competitor Analysis
- AI+ Complaint Handling & Resolution
- AI+ Customer Research & Insight
- AI+ Environmental Professionals
- AI+ Fieldwork & Ethnographic Research
- AI+ Journalists
- AI+ Laboratory Research & Experimental Design
- AI+ Market Research
- AI+ Monitoring & Evaluation
- +12 more →
Sales & Commercial
- AI+ Account Management
- AI+ Business Development
- AI+ Client Onboarding
- AI+ Cold Outreach
- AI+ Contract Review
- AI+ Customer Service Professionals
- AI+ Customer Success & Retention
- AI+ E-Commerce Sellers
- AI+ E-Commerce Sellers — Asian Markets Edition
- AI+ Hospitality Professionals
- AI+ Luxury Retailers
- AI+ Negotiation
- AI+ Personal Trainers
- AI+ Property Managers
- +12 more →
Healthcare
- AI+ Audiologists
- AI+ Biomedical & Medical Laboratory Scientists
- AI+ Dental Hygienists & Therapists
- AI+ Dentists
- AI+ Doctors
- AI+ Healthcare Leaders
- AI+ Healthcare Operations & Administration
- AI+ Medical Researchers & Clinical Trialists
- AI+ Mental Health Professionals
- AI+ Midwives
- AI+ Nurses
- AI+ Nutritionists and Dieticians
- AI+ Occupational Therapists
- AI+ Optometrists
- +9 more →
Engineering & Construction
- AI+ Aerospace Engineers
- AI+ Architects
- AI+ Biomedical Engineers
- AI+ Chemical & Process Engineers
- AI+ Civil Engineers
- AI+ Construction Professionals
- AI+ Electrical & Electronic Engineers
- AI+ Engineering Leaders
- AI+ Engineers
- AI+ Geoscience & Survey Professionals
- AI+ Industrial & Manufacturing Engineers
- AI+ Materials Engineers
- AI+ Mechanical Engineers
- AI+ Mining Professionals
- +8 more →
TVET
- AI+ Apprenticeship Evidence & Portfolios
- AI+ Apprenticeship Evidence Workbook
- AI+ Apprenticeship Managers
- AI+ Apprenticeship Managers Workbook
- AI+ Automotive Technicians
- AI+ Competency-Based Assessment
- AI+ Competency-Based Assessment Workbook
- AI+ Electricians & Electrical Trades
- AI+ Industrial Maintenance Technicians
- AI+ Industry Placement Coordination
- AI+ Plumbers & HVAC Technicians
- AI+ Safety Training & Compliance Documentation
- AI+ Technical Skills Gap Analysis
- AI+ TVET College Leaders
- +5 more →
Public Sector
- AI+ Ambassadors & Senior Diplomatic Leaders
- AI+ Civil Servants
- AI+ Civil Servants (Tanzania Edition)
- AI+ Consular Officers
- AI+ Foreign Service Officers & Diplomats
- AI+ Military Officers
- AI+ Municipal Services Managers
- AI+ NGO Leaders
- AI+ Policy Makers
- AI+ Public Health Workers
- AI+ Public Service Leaders
- AI+ Social Workers
- AI+ Trade and Commercial Attachés
- AI+ Urban Planners & Smart City Officers
Finance
HR & People
Technology & Digital
Communication
Uniformed Services
Strategy & Leadership
Legal
Agriculture & Food
Regulatory & Compliance
The foundations everyone shares.
Beyond the profession- and skill-specific titles, the library carries 29 cross-cutting titles — foundations (17), special (8), industry overview (4)— that establish the AI literacy, strategy and reference material every profession draws on.
The frameworks that run through every title.
No two professions are the same, but every AI+ title is built on the same durable frameworks — the part that survives every model release. High-stakes fields also get a profession-specific safety protocol that extends GUARD (CHART for nursing, DOSE for radiography, MINDS for mental health, and more).
What this measures, and what it does not.
The figures are drawn from the AI+ Library catalogue as of 29 July 2026. A profession or skill appears here once it has been judged materially reshaped by AI — enough to warrant a dedicated, practitioner- verified title. The count for each sector is the number of such titles, split into professions (Tier 2, one per role) and transferable skills (Tier 3).
This is a measure of curriculum coverage, a proxy for where professionals have sought structured AI guidance. It is not a survey of adoption rates or spending, and it does not claim a ranking of AI’s economic impact. Non-English editions are excluded to avoid double-counting translations. The numbers update automatically each time the catalogue is rebuilt.
Straits Institute for Applied AI. (2026). The State of Applied AI. https://books.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai
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