Jobs / Management and business operations / 11-1031.00
Legislators
Develop, introduce, or enact laws and statutes at the local, tribal, state, or federal level. Includes only workers in elected positions.
- US jobs
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- Job family
- Management and business operations
Can agents do the work of legislators?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Management and business operations: Some tasks (first measured in the last 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: SOP-Bench, 72.4% of tasks completed.
8% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 13%Coordinate activities with clients, agencies, or organizationsNot measured
- 10%Maintain current knowledge in area of expertiseNot measured
- 7%Provide information or assistance to the publicNot measured
- 7%Provide support or encouragement to othersNot measured
- 5%Investigate criminal or legal mattersNot measured
- 3%Assess characteristics or impacts of regulations or policiesNot measured
- 3%Perform recruiting or hiring activitiesNot measured
- 3%Communicate with others about operational plans or activitiesMeasured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in management and business operations, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
- 45.9%Claude Opus 4.6 · 16 Mar 2026Emerging
- 64.8%Claude Code + Opus 5.5 (max) · 6 Oct 2026Strong
Context only
These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.
- 42.9%TTE-MatrixAgent + DeepSeek-V3.2 · 10 Nov 2025Emerging
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Analyze and understand the local and national implications of proposed legislation.
- Appoint nominees to leadership posts, or approve such appointments.
- Confer with colleagues to formulate positions and strategies pertaining to pending issues.
- Debate the merits of proposals and bill amendments during floor sessions, following the appropriate rules of procedure.
- Develop expertise in subject matters related to committee assignments.
- Hear testimony from constituents, representatives of interest groups, board and commission members, and others with an interest in bills or issues under consideration.
- Keep abreast of the issues affecting constituents by making personal visits and phone calls, reading local newspapers, and viewing or listening to local broadcasts.
- Maintain knowledge of relevant national and international current events.
- Make decisions that balance the perspectives of private citizens, public officials, and party leaders.
- Negotiate with colleagues or members of other political parties in order to reconcile differing interests, and to create policies and agreements.
- Prepare drafts of amendments, government policies, laws, rules, regulations, budgets, programs and procedures.
- Read and review concerns of constituents or the general public and determine if governmental action is necessary.
Other job titles for this occupation (26)
Alderman · Assembly Member · Assembly Person · Assemblyman · Assemblywoman · City Alderman · City Council Member · City Councilman · Congress Member · Congressional Representative · Congressman · Congresswoman · Council Member · Councilman · Councilor · Councilperson · Councilwoman · Delegate · Legislator · Representative · Selectman · Senator · Tribal Council Member · Tribal Delegate · U.S. Representative (United States Representative) · U.S. Senator (United States Senator)