7.0High RiskNo Shortage
General Clerks
General Clerical Workers · General Clerks
High Risk
Median Weekly Pay
$1,305
Full-time workers
Employment
283,600
Total workers
10yr Growth
+23.3%
Projected to 2034
Shortage Status
No Shortage
Key Insight
Despite high AI exposure, General Clerks is projected to grow 23.3% over the next decade — suggesting the role will transform rather than disappear.
JSA Official AI Exposure
Automation71.0%
Augmentation68.0%
Key Tasks
- •Recording, preparing, sorting, classifying and filing information
- •Sorting, opening and sending mail
- •Photocopying and faxing documents
- •Preparing reports of a routine nature
- •Recording issue of equipment to staff
- •Receiving letters and telephone messages
- •Transcribing information onto computers, and proofreading and correcting copy
- •May provide customers with information about services
- •May perform receptionist duties
Employment Projections to 2034
Median Age
42
Female Share
84.0%
Part-Time Share
40.0%
Skill Level
4 / 5