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Postal Service Mail Carriers

The short answer

This job is less likely to change much. Most of the work is the kind AI can't help with. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to hold steady over the next decade, with about 1,775 openings expected each year.

Step 1

Where your job stands

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. Most of what it involves isn't the kind of work AI can take over.

How much AI could touch this job

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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 second least exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.

Step 2

What AI can and can’t help with in this job

This job is in the second least exposed fifth of New York jobs for AI exposure. The tasks below show why: most of what it involves is work AI can't simply take over.

AI can help with or automate about 24% of the tasks in this job.

Tasks AI can help with or automate

  1. Scan labels on letters or parcels to confirm receipt.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  2. Maintain accurate records of deliveries.

    AI could do much of this on its own

  3. Record address changes and redirect mail for those addresses.

    AI could do much of this on its own

  4. Answer customers' questions about postal services and regulations.

    AI could do much of this on its own

  5. Complete forms that notify publishers of address changes.

    AI could do much of this on its own

Tasks AI can't do much of

  1. Obtain signed receipts for registered, certified, and insured mail, collect associated charges, and complete any necessary paperwork.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  2. Return to the post office with mail collected from homes, businesses, and public mailboxes.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  3. Sort mail for delivery, arranging it in delivery sequence.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  4. Deliver mail to residences and business establishments along specified routes by walking or driving, using a combination of satchels, carts, cars, and small trucks.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  5. Meet schedules for the collection and return of mail.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

Step 3

Jobs you could switch to

If you're thinking about a change, these are jobs your experience already fits—related work you could move into. Pick your area to see local options.

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The closest matches by the skills they use—each has projected openings in New York State, pays within reach of your job now, and is no more exposed to AI than your job. Each card shows what the move would take.

  • Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators

    Very similar work
    slightly less pay878 openings/yrLess exposed than your job now

    Pays slightly less—$59,852 vs your $63,536 here.

    What the move takes

    Usually requires no formal educational credential, plus short-term on-the-job training.

    Getting ready typically takes up to about a year.

    Skills you already have

    • Near Vision
    • Oral Expression
    • Oral Comprehension
    • Manual Dexterity
    • Written Comprehension

    New skills to build

    • Instructing
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