Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and 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 53 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
Evaluate customers' computerized credit records and payment histories to decide whether to approve new credit, based on predetermined standards.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Keep records of customers' charges and payments.
AI could do much of this on its own
Compile and analyze credit information gathered by investigation.
AI could help, but needs extra software
File sales slips in customers' ledgers for billing purposes.
AI could do much of this on its own
Obtain information about potential creditors from banks, credit bureaus, and other credit services, and provide reciprocal information if requested.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Prepare credit cards or charge account plates.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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