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Consumer products is the third-broadest sector by employer count, behind technology and financial services.

Every anchor market clears the cell floor; the United Kingdom cell is the thinnest at 168.

Across 2,157 live consumer products specifications from 49 employers, as at 14 September 2026. Australia 587 · United States 1,354 · United Kingdom 168 · other markets 48.

Sectors · consumer-products · as at 14 September 2026 · live basis
Live specifications2,15749 employers · as at 14 September 2026
AI-central21.0%452 of 2,157 · live basis
No decision architecture52.0%235 of 452 AI-central
Execution load48.1%average share of the work a model absorbs first
The caveat that travels with every figure

Where a cell falls under 50 specifications the share is held and counts print beside shares. AI-central share moves with market mix; the market is named beside every share.

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How many consumer products specifications mention AI

Of 2,157 live consumer products specifications from 49 employers as at 14 September 2026, 452 have AI core or supporting the work, 21.0%. The corpus average across 24,944 live specifications is 22.7%, the counterfactual for every sector figure on this page.

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How consumer products compares across markets

Evidenced cells: Australia 587, United States 1,354, United Kingdom 168. The remaining 48 live specifications sit in the other eight markets and print once in the footer.

Consumer products across markets: AI-central share against no decision architecture
each base disclosed beneath the pair · directional at 35% · suppressed absent and named
Australia587 live · evidenced
held
held
United States1,354 live · evidenced
held
held
United Kingdom168 live · evidenced
held
held
AI-central shareNo decision architecture, of AI-central
Source: Verellax workforce intelligence · 2,157 Consumer products live specifications · other markets 48 · live basis · as at 14 September 2026
03

How AI reaches the entry level in consumer products

Entry and director-and-above cells print counts beside shares, and any cell under 50 is suppressed and stated. Both figures resolve from the sector block at build.

The pathway, across markets
AI-central share, entry level against director and above
Consumer products · cells under 50 print as counts · live basis
Entry level263 live
2.3%
Director and above171 live
21.1%
Source: Verellax workforce intelligence · 2,157 Consumer products live specifications · live basis · as at 14 September 2026
04

How many consumer products AI roles define who overrules the model

Of 452 AI-central consumer products specifications, 235 say nothing about who can overrule the model, 52.0%.

Verbatim · one live AI-central specification · scores zero on the four tests

incorporating modern AI tools and automated frameworks into creative workflows

Consumer products · Australia · August 2026 · scores zero on the four tests · company not inside a notice window
05

Which skills consumer products asks for

Layer shares are the average across the sector's live specifications of the share of each role's work in that layer. The top five sub-categories and the governance-to-tool-use ratio resolve from the sector block at build.

The four layers, defined
How the work divides across the layers
Consumer products · average share of each role's work · live basis
Execution
48.1%
Coordination
24.5%
Judgement
21.7%
AI-adjacent
5.7%

Top five sub-categories: internal orchestration, operational judgement, functional craft, domain knowledge, technical execution. Governance against tool use: 108 against 608.

Source: Verellax workforce intelligence · 2,157 Consumer products live specifications · live basis · as at 14 September 2026
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How this is measured

Live basis. Employers are never named against a figure; the verbatim is attributed to sector, market and month. A page publishes at 150 live specifications; a cell from 50 prints inside its parent with counts beside shares; under 50 it is suppressed and stated.

Full method at /method
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Source: Verellax workforce intelligence · 2,157 Consumer products live specifications · live basis · as at 14 September 2026
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