Can AI Replace Archivists in 2026?

Moderate exposure. AI could handle about 75% of today's archivists tasks by 2036, and there is a 48% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI is likely to take over many tasks outright.

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Timeline

Year2030

Tasks AI can do

38%

Headcount (2025 = 100)

Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs

17% 2030 · 48% 2036

One person could cover, 2036

2.2 roles

Share of today's tasks AI can perform

Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line)

Your survival map

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Lower-risk jobs that use similar skills

Library Technicians36% risk by 2036 Anthropologists and Archeologists35% risk by 2036 Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary38% risk by 2036

Your plan

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Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Prepare archival records, such as document descriptions, to allow easy access to information".Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Create and maintain accessible, retrievable computer archives and databases, incorporating current advances in electronic information storage technology".Get visibly better at your human core: "Coordinate educational and public outreach programs, such as tours, workshops, lectures, and classes".Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output.Read about a lower-risk move: Library Technicians.

Lower-risk jobs with similar tasks

Library Technicians — 36% chance of contraction by 2036
Anthropologists and Archeologists — 35% chance of contraction by 2036
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary — 38% chance of contraction by 2036

Similar occupations

Historians · Document Management Specialists · Curators · Librarians and Media Collections Specialists

Based on 13 O*NET tasks for "Archivists" (SOC 25-4011.00). LLM alone: 8% of tasks; with AI tools: 92%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10