File 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 443 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 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 89% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Perform general office activities, such as typing, answering telephones, operating office machines, processing mail, or securing confidential materials.
AI could do much of this on its own
Keep records of materials filed or removed, using logbooks or computers and generate computerized reports.
AI could do much of this on its own
Input data, such as file numbers, new or updated information, or document information codes into computer systems to support document and information retrieval.
AI could do much of this on its own
Gather materials to be filed from departments or employees.
AI could do much of this on its own
Complete general financial activities, such as processing accounts payable, reviewing invoices, collecting cash payments, or issuing receipts.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Place materials into storage receptacles, such as file cabinets, boxes, bins, or drawers, according to classification and identification information.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Operate mechanized files that rotate to bring needed records to a particular location.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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