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Word Processors and Typists
Use word processor, computer, or typewriter to type letters, reports, forms, or other material from rough draft, corrected copy, or voice recording. May perform other clerical duties as assigned.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01File and store completed documents on computer hard drive or disk, or maintain a computer filing system to store, retrieve, update, and delete documents.AI could speed this up a lot
- 02Transmit work electronically to other locations.Mostly human for now
- 03Perform other clerical duties, such as answering telephone, sorting and distributing mail, running errands or sending faxes.Mostly human for now
- 04Electronically sort and compile text and numerical data, retrieving, updating, and merging documents as required.People already use AI for this at work
- 05Check completed work for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and format.People already use AI for this at work
- 06Print and make copies of work.Mostly human for now
- 07Search for specific sets of stored, typed characters to make changes.People already use AI for this at work
- 08Address envelopes or prepare envelope labels, using typewriter or computer.AI could speed this up a lot
- 09Collate pages of reports and other documents.AI could speed this up a lot
- 10Reformat documents, moving paragraphs or columns.People already use AI for this at work
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss24%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
74%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 84% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 59% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Transmit work electronically to other locations.
- Perform other clerical duties, such as answering telephone, sorting and distributing mail, running errands or sending faxes.
- Print and make copies of work.