Brokerage Clerks
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 776 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 most 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 nearly every task in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Correspond with customers and confer with coworkers to answer inquiries, discuss market fluctuations, or resolve account problems.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Document security transactions, such as purchases, sales, conversions, redemptions, or payments, using computers, accounting ledgers, or certificate records.
AI could do much of this on its own
File, type, or operate standard office machines.
AI could do much of this on its own
Schedule and coordinate transfer and delivery of security certificates between companies, departments, and customers.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Monitor daily stock prices and compute fluctuations to determine the need for additional collateral to secure loans.
AI could help, but needs extra software
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