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Will AI replace Brokerage Clerks?
Baseline AI displacement risk for Brokerage Clerks, aggregated from 6 research sources.
What this score means
Brokerage Clerks is among the more exposed roles in Administration. A large share of the work, especially its routine and text heavy parts, is already within reach of current AI, though the harder judgment calls still need a person. At 67 out of 100 it scores 15 points above the Administration average of 52. Across the 6 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 48 to 80, so the score is a weighted consensus rather than any single figure.
The number is a consensus estimate for the typical version of the role, built from published academic and industry research scored occupation by occupation. It is not a prediction about any individual. How scoring works
What this job actually involves
Exposure follows the work itself rather than the job title, so it is worth seeing what the role is made of. These are the tasks O*NET records for Brokerage Clerks, most central first.
- 01Correspond with customers and confer with coworkers to answer inquiries, discuss market fluctuations, or resolve account problems.
- 02Document security transactions, such as purchases, sales, conversions, redemptions, or payments, using computers, accounting ledgers, or certificate records.
- 03File, type, or operate standard office machines.
- 04Perform clerical tasks, such as answering phones or distributing mail.
- 05Prepare forms, such as receipts, withdrawal orders, transmittal papers, or transfer confirmations, based on transaction requests from stockholders.
- 06Schedule and coordinate transfer and delivery of security certificates between companies, departments, and customers.
- 07Monitor daily stock prices and compute fluctuations to determine the need for additional collateral to secure loans.
- 08Verify ownership and transaction information and dividend distribution instructions to ensure conformance with governmental regulations, using stock records and reports.
- 09Compute total holdings, dividends, interest, transfer taxes, brokerage fees, or commissions and allocate appropriate payments to customers.
- 10Prepare reports summarizing daily transactions and earnings for individual customer accounts.
Task statements from O*NET by the National Center for O*NET Development, used under CC BY 4.0. The tasks are descriptive; the exposure score above is ours.
The research behind this score
This baseline aggregates 6 research sources that scored Brokerage Clerks for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.
- 01Anthropic Economic Index 2026 - AI Task Exposure · 2026Anthropic
- 02Global Automation Atlas: Task Substitution Exposure by Occupation · 2026Garg, Crosta, Baier (2026), arXiv:2605.17086
- 03Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure · 2025International Labour Organization, Working Paper 140 (2025)
- 04Working with AI: Measuring the Applicability of Generative AI to Occupations · 2025Tomlinson, Jaffe et al., Microsoft Research (2025)
- 05GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin, Rock (Science, 2024)
- 06AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023Felten, Raj, Seamans (2023)
Common questions
- How likely is AI to replace Brokerage Clerks?
- Published research puts Brokerage Clerks at 67 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the transitioning band. The number is a weighted consensus of 6 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.
- Do researchers agree on the risk for Brokerage Clerks?
- Only partly. Individual estimates for Brokerage Clerks run from 48 to 80 out of 100 across the 6 sources behind this score, so the single number smooths over real disagreement. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in it.
- Which administration roles face similar AI exposure?
- The closest published administration roles to Brokerage Clerks by score are Customer Service Representatives (68/100), Statistical Assistants (64/100), and Correspondence Clerks (63/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.
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Account Administrator · Broker Assistant · Brokerage Agent · Brokerage Analyst · Brokerage Assistant · Brokerage Associate · Brokerage Clerk · Brokerage Coordinator and related titles
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- Customer Service Representatives68/100
- Statistical Assistants64/100
- Correspondence Clerks63/100
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- Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping60/100
Informational guidance based on published research, not professional career or financial advice. Scores update as new research is ingested.