All occupations › Office & administrative supportCan AI Replace Office Clerks, General in 2026? High exposure. AI could handle about 68% of today's office clerks, general tasks by 2036, and there is a 55% 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 Year 2030 Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs
19% 2030 · 55% 2036
One person could cover, 2036
2.5 roles
0% 50% 100% 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2026: 26% 2027: 28% 2028: 31% 2029: 35% 2030: 41% 2031: 47% 2032: 53% 2033: 59% 2034: 63% 2035: 66% 2036: 68% 41% Share of today's tasks AI can perform 40 80 120 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2026: 99 2027: 98 2028: 96 2029: 94 2030: 91 2031: 88 2032: 86 2033: 83 2034: 81 2035: 79 2036: 78 91 Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line) Your survival map Not every part of your job is at the same risk. Tap a number to see what to do about each task.
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1 Operate office machines, such as photocopiers and scanners, facsimile machines, voice mail systems, and personal computers. 2 Deliver messages and run errands. 3 Collect, count, and disburse money, do basic bookkeeping, and complete banking transactions. 4 Answer telephones, direct calls, and take messages. 5 Communicate with customers, employees, and other individuals to answer questions, disseminate or explain information, take orders, and address complaints. 6 Review files, records, and other documents to obtain information to respond to requests. 7 Maintain and update filing, inventory, mailing, and database systems, either manually or using a computer. 8 Compile, copy, sort, and file records of office activities, business transactions, and other activities. 9 Compute, record, and proofread data and other information, such as records or reports. 10 Type, format, proofread, and edit correspondence and other documents, from notes or dictating machines, using computers or typewriters. Lower-risk jobs that use similar skills Your plan Ticks are saved in this browser only.
Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Maintain and update filing, inventory, mailing, and database systems, either manually or using a computer". Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Answer telephones, direct calls, and take messages". Get visibly better at your human core: "Operate office machines, such as photocopiers and scanners, facsimile machines, voice mail systems, and personal computers". Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output. Read about a lower-risk move: Postal Service Clerks. Lower-risk jobs with similar tasks Based on 21 O*NET tasks for "Office Clerks, General" (SOC 43-9061.00). LLM alone: 36% of tasks; with AI tools: 79%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10
