Can AI Replace Counter and Rental Clerks in 2026?

Moderate exposure. AI could handle about 68% of today's counter and rental clerks tasks by 2036, and there is a 52% 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

18% 2030 · 52% 2036

One person could cover, 2036

2.6 roles

Share of today's tasks AI can perform

Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line)

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Lower-risk jobs that use similar skills

Retail Salespersons35% risk by 2036 Stockers and Order Fillers12% risk by 2036 Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers17% risk by 2036

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Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Receive orders for services, such as rentals, repairs, dry cleaning, and storage".Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Compute charges for merchandise or services and receive payments".Get visibly better at your human core: "Inspect and adjust rental items to meet needs of customer".Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output.Read about a lower-risk move: Retail Salespersons.

Lower-risk jobs with similar tasks

Retail Salespersons — 35% chance of contraction by 2036
Stockers and Order Fillers — 12% chance of contraction by 2036
Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers — 17% chance of contraction by 2036

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Order Clerks · First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers · Cashiers · Tellers

Based on 16 O*NET tasks for "Counter and Rental Clerks" (SOC 41-2021.00). LLM alone: 26% of tasks; with AI tools: 81%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10