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Word processors and typists
Use word processor, computer, or typewriter to type letters, reports, forms, or other material from rough draft, corrected copy, or voice recording. May perform other clerical duties as assigned.
Among the careers AI is changing fastest: more resilient than 1% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is very high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it very high), and US jobs are projected to change by -34.4% by 2035, expected to shrink.
AI can do many of the tasks, and hiring is expected to grow slower than average or to shrink. The job is likely to change, so build the human parts of it.
- Median pay (2025)
- $49,280
- Job growth to 2035
- -34.4%
- Openings a year
- 1,900
- People doing it (2025)
- 40,400
- Usual route in
- High school diploma, then short on-the-job training
Where people already use AI for this work
- Compile records, documentation, or other data
- Process digital or online data
- Perform administrative or clerical activities
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Sort materials or products
- Distribute materials, supplies, or resources
- Stock supplies or products
What the work looks like
- File and store completed documents on computer hard drive or disk, or maintain a computer filing system to store, retrieve, update, and delete documents.
- Transmit work electronically to other locations.
- Compute and verify totals on report forms, requisitions, or bills, using adding machine or calculator.
- Perform other clerical duties, such as answering telephone, sorting and distributing mail, running errands or sending faxes.
- Electronically sort and compile text and numerical data, retrieving, updating, and merging documents as required.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
What the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects
- Fewer of these jobs, as other workers assume the functions of typists due to the ubiquity of typing skills and traditional typing methods continue to be replaced by automated processes through use of machine learning (ML) technologies.
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerksChanging shape, Index 2, -5.6%
- Insurance claims and policy processing clerksChanging shape, Index 2, -1.9%
- Umpires, referees, and other sports officialsHuman edge, growing, Index 72, +5.2%
- Gambling cage workersChanging shape, Index 9, -3.1%
Also known as: Clerk Typist, Keyboard Specialist, Typist, Word Processor, Clerk Specialist, Stenographer, Word Processing Operator, Word Processing Specialist.
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.