As of June 2026, Word Processors and Typists has an AI-exposure score of 83/100 (Very High exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
Word Processors and Typists
More exposed than 100% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$49,280. About 2,200 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
How you compare to similar Administrative roles
Your tasks, by AI exposure
- File and store completed documents on computer hard drive or disk, or maintain a computer filing system to store, retrieve, update, and delete documents.
- Perform other clerical duties, such as answering telephone, sorting and distributing mail, running errands or sending faxes.
- Type correspondence, reports, text and other written material from rough drafts, corrected copies, voice recordings, dictation, or previous versions, using a computer, word processor, or typewriter.
- Compute and verify totals on report forms, requisitions, or bills, using adding machine or calculator.
- Use data entry devices, such as optical scanners, to input data into computers for revision or editing.
- Electronically sort and compile text and numerical data, retrieving, updating, and merging documents as required.
- Adjust settings for format, page layout, line spacing, and other style requirements.
- Reformat documents, moving paragraphs or columns.
- Check completed work for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and format.
- Manage schedules and set dates, times, and locations for meetings and appointments.
- Search for specific sets of stored, typed characters to make changes.
- Address envelopes or prepare envelope labels, using typewriter or computer.
- Print and make copies of work.
- Work with technical material, preparing statistical reports, planning and typing statistical tables, and combining and rearranging material from different sources.
- Collate pages of reports and other documents.
- Gather, register, and arrange the material to be typed, following instructions.
- Operate and resupply printers and computers, changing print wheels or fluid cartridges, adding paper, and loading blank tapes, cards, or disks into equipment.
- Keep records of work performed.
- Transmit work electronically to other locations.
No augmentable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as automatable (100%).
No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as automatable (100%).
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