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File correspondence, cards, invoices, receipts, and other records in alphabetical or numerical order or according to the filing system used. The percentage shown is a task-exposure model, not a prediction of certain job loss.

O*NET 30.3 · 43-4071.00 · modeled exposure, not guaranteed job loss
HIGH TASK EXPOSURE
83%
Estimated share of representative tasks exposed to current AI capabilities.
Task automation shareⓘ
83%Automatable
Automatable83%
Augmentable6%
Hard to automate11%
Based on analysis of representative responsibilities and current AI capability maturity.
Category#
Admin & Ops
Back office / Ops
Modeled pay midpoint$
$88,700/yr
Directional estimate — verify locally
Time until impact⌁
0–2 years
Earliest 2026 · widespread 2026–2027
Task-level replaceability ⓘ
Representative tasks ranked from highest to lowest AI exposure.
◇Perform general office activities, such as typing, answering telephones, operating office machines, processing mail, or securing confidential materials.93%
⚙Keep records of materials filed or removed, using logbooks or computers and generate computerized reports.78%
▥Gather materials to be filed from departments or employees.72%
✦Exception handling and organizational context8%
✦Discretion with sensitive decisions5%
Impact timeline ⓘ
How AI assistance may move from early support to wider adoption.
2026Next2026–2027
Early impactAI assists with perform general office activities, such as typing, answering telephones, operating office machines, processing mail, or securing confidential materials..
Role compressionRoutine workload shifts to AI-assisted systems.
Wider adoptionHuman work concentrates on exception handling and organizational context.
0–2 yearsdirectional confidence window
HOW AI CHANGES THIS JOBtyping the logic in plain English
01>Start with the real work done by File Clerks.
02>AI can help with: Perform general office activities, such as typing, answering telephones, operating office machines, processing mail, or securing confidential materials.
03>If a task is repetitive and easy to check, AI pressure goes up.
04>But a person is still needed for: Exception handling and organizational context.
05>Likely result: This role may shrink or change quickly, but job loss is not guaranteed.
06>Important: 83% is estimated task exposure—not a 83% chance of losing the job.
What AI can do
Perform general office activities, such as typing, answering telephones, operating office machines, processing mail, or securing confidential materials.HIGH MATCH
Keep records of materials filed or removed, using logbooks or computers and generate computerized reports.MEDIUM-HIGH
Gather materials to be filed from departments or employees.MEDIUM-HIGH
How estimates work →
Your human moat
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Exception handling and organizational context

MODERATE

Combined with discretion with sensitive decisions, this keeps a human in the loop.

Strength6.3
Similar-role comparison
RoleRisk
File Clerks83%
Order Clerks84%
Postal Service Clerks84%
Brokerage Clerks85%
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Why this score?

✓The model evaluates 3 representative core tasks.
✓A large share of the work is digital and repeatable.
✓Occupation and task language comes from O*NET 30.3.
✓The strongest human advantage is exception handling and organizational context.
Research basis

O*NET 30.3 occupation tasks plus the ILO 2025 exposure framework. Scores are directional estimates.

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Data: O*NET 30.3 · Model framework: ILO 2025About O*NETShare report
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