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Office & Administration · Updated Aug 2026

File Clerks

File correspondence, cards, invoices, receipts, and other records in alphabetical or numerical order or according to the filing system used. Locate and remove material from file when requested.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
66/100
High

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
56/100
Moderate

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence82/100
Task coverage85%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Perform general office activities, such as typing, answering telephones, operating office machines, processing mail, or securing confidential materials.High
72
Input data, such as file numbers, new or updated information, or document information codes into computer systems to support document and information retrieval.High
72
Scan or read incoming materials to determine how and where they should be classified or filed.Medium
74
Complete general financial activities, such as processing accounts payable, reviewing invoices, collecting cash payments, or issuing receipts.High
74
Find, retrieve, and make copies of information from files in response to requests and deliver information to authorized users.High
75
Sort or classify information according to guidelines, such as content, purpose, user criteria, or chronological, alphabetical, or numerical order.High
75
Add new material to file records or create new records as necessary.High
75
Assign and record or stamp identification numbers or codes to index materials for filing.Medium
75
Place materials into storage receptacles, such as file cabinets, boxes, bins, or drawers, according to classification and identification information.Medium
75
Retrieve documents stored in microfilm or microfiche and place them in viewers for reading.Medium
75
Eliminate outdated or unnecessary materials, destroying them or transferring them to inactive storage, according to file maintenance guidelines or legal requirements.Medium
75
Keep records of materials filed or removed, using logbooks or computers and generate computerized reports.High
44
Operate mechanized files that rotate to bring needed records to a particular location.Medium
74
Modify or improve filing systems or implement new filing systems.Medium
73
Perform periodic inspections of materials or files to ensure correct placement, legibility, or proper condition.Medium
38
Track materials removed from files to ensure that borrowed files are returned.High
20
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Find, retrieve, and make copies of information from files in response to requests and deliver information to authorized users.75
  2. Sort or classify information according to guidelines, such as content, purpose, user criteria, or chronological, alphabetical, or numerical order.75
  3. Add new material to file records or create new records as necessary.75
  4. Assign and record or stamp identification numbers or codes to index materials for filing.75
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Track materials removed from files to ensure that borrowed files are returned.01
  2. Perform periodic inspections of materials or files to ensure correct placement, legibility, or proper condition.02
  3. Keep records of materials filed or removed, using logbooks or computers and generate computerized reports.03
  4. Perform general office activities, such as typing, answering telephones, operating office machines, processing mail, or securing confidential materials.04
  5. Input data, such as file numbers, new or updated information, or document information codes into computer systems to support document and information retrieval.05
Where else this work leads

Related occupations

Occupations O*NET links to this one. Relatedness reflects shared work, not a claim that these roles are safer.

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency80
Physical dependency33
Adoption pressure62
Labour-market resilience57
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence82/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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