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The short answer
This job is expected to meaningfully change. AI can already assist with or automate many of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to shrink over the next decade, with about 2,108 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the most exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. That doesn't mean the job goes away—it means more of its tasks are the kind AI can help with.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about a third of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the most exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.
AI can help with or automate about 79% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Balance currency, coin, and checks in cash drawers at ends of shifts and calculate daily transactions, using computers, calculators, or adding machines.
AI could do much of this on its own
Receive checks and cash for deposit, verify amounts, and check accuracy of deposit slips.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Cash checks and pay out money after verifying that signatures are correct, that written and numerical amounts agree, and that accounts have sufficient funds.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Enter customers' transactions into computers to record transactions and issue computer-generated receipts.
AI could do much of this on its own
Examine checks for endorsements and to verify other information, such as dates, bank names, identification of the persons receiving payments, and the legality of the documents.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Monitor bank vaults to ensure cash balances are correct.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Count currency, coins, and checks received, by hand or using currency-counting machine, to prepare them for deposit or shipment to branch banks or the Federal Reserve Bank.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Count, verify, and post armored car deposits.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Sort and file deposit slips and checks.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Receive and count daily inventories of cash, drafts, and travelers' checks.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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