Correspondence 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 85 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 more than half 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 94% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Ensure that money collected is properly recorded and secured.
AI could do much of this on its own
Maintain files and control records to show correspondence activities.
AI could do much of this on its own
Read incoming correspondence to ascertain nature of writers' concerns and to determine disposition of correspondence.
AI could do much of this on its own
Gather records pertinent to specific problems, review them for completeness and accuracy, and attach records to correspondence as necessary.
AI could do much of this on its own
Prepare documents and correspondence, such as damage claims, credit and billing inquiries, invoices, and service complaints.
AI could do much of this on its own
Tasks AI can't do much of
Prepare records for shipment by certified mail.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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