Will AI replace Correspondence Clerks?

What this score means

Correspondence 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 17 points above the Administration average of 50. Across the 4 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 54 to 78, 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 Correspondence Clerks, most central first, showing 12 of 17.

• 01Maintain files and control records to show correspondence activities.
• 02Read incoming correspondence to ascertain nature of writers' concerns and to determine disposition of correspondence.
• 03Gather records pertinent to specific problems, review them for completeness and accuracy, and attach records to correspondence as necessary.
• 04Prepare documents and correspondence, such as damage claims, credit and billing inquiries, invoices, and service complaints.
• 05Compile data from records to prepare periodic reports.
• 06Compose letters in reply to correspondence concerning such items as requests for merchandise, damage claims, credit information requests, delinquent accounts, incorrect billing, or unsatisfactory service.
• 07Route correspondence to other departments for reply.
• 08Ensure that money collected is properly recorded and secured.
• 09Process orders for goods requested in correspondence.
• 10Present clear and concise explanations of governing rules and regulations.
• 11Review correspondence for format and typographical accuracy, assemble the information into a prescribed form with the correct number of copies, and submit it to an authorized official for signature.
• 12Compute costs of records furnished to requesters, and write letters to obtain payment.

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 4 research sources that scored Correspondence 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 · 2026
• 02Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure · 2025
• 03GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024
• 04AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023

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