All occupations › Office & administrative supportCan AI Replace Word Processors and Typists in 2026? Moderate exposure. AI could handle about 71% of today's word processors and typists tasks by 2036, and there is a 49% 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
18% 2030 · 49% 2036
One person could cover, 2036
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0% 50% 100% 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2026: 38% 2027: 40% 2028: 42% 2029: 45% 2030: 50% 2031: 55% 2032: 60% 2033: 64% 2034: 68% 2035: 70% 2036: 71% 50% 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: 92 2031: 89 2032: 87 2033: 84 2034: 83 2035: 81 2036: 80 92 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 Perform other clerical duties, such as answering telephone, sorting and distributing mail, running errands or sending faxes. 2 Print and make copies of work. 3 Transmit work electronically to other locations. 4 Use data entry devices, such as optical scanners, to input data into computers for revision or editing. 5 Manage schedules and set dates, times, and locations for meetings and appointments. 6 File and store completed documents on computer hard drive or disk, or maintain a computer filing system to store, retrieve, update, and delete documents. 7 Address envelopes or prepare envelope labels, using typewriter or computer. 8 Type correspondence, reports, text and other written material from rough drafts, corrected copies, voice recordings, dictation, or previous versions, using a computer,… 9 Compute and verify totals on report forms, requisitions, or bills, using adding machine or calculator. 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: "File and store completed documents on computer hard drive or disk, or maintain a computer filing system to store, retrieve, update, and delete documents". Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Use data entry devices, such as optical scanners, to input data into computers for revision or editing". Get visibly better at your human core: "Perform other clerical duties, such as answering telephone, sorting and distributing mail, running errands or sending faxes". Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output. Read about a lower-risk move: Office Machine Operators, Except Computer. Lower-risk jobs with similar tasks Based on 20 O*NET tasks for "Word Processors and Typists" (SOC 43-9022.00). LLM alone: 70% of tasks; with AI tools: 78%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10
