How likely is AI to replace New Accounts Clerks?

Published research puts New Accounts Clerks at 55 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 New Accounts Clerks?

Only partly. Individual estimates for New Accounts Clerks run from 14 to 79 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 New Accounts Clerks by score are Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan (55/100), Court, Municipal, and License Clerks (56/100), and Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks (56/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.

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Will AI replace New Accounts Clerks?

Transitioning

Baseline AI displacement risk for New Accounts Clerks, aggregated from 6 research sources.

What this score means

New Accounts 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 55 out of 100 it scores 3 points above the Administration average of 52. Across the 6 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 14 to 79, 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 New Accounts Clerks, most central first, showing 12 of 15.

01Perform teller duties as required.
02Compile information about new accounts, enter account information into computers, and file related forms or other documents.
03Collect and record customer deposits and fees and issue receipts, using computers.
04Inform customers of procedures for applying for services, such as ATM cards, direct deposit of checks, and certificates of deposit.
05Answer customers' questions and explain available services, such as deposit accounts, bonds, and securities.
06Interview customers to obtain information needed for opening accounts or renting safe-deposit boxes.
07Refer customers to appropriate bank personnel to meet their financial needs.
08Investigate and correct errors upon customers' request, according to customer and bank records.
09Execute wire transfers of funds.
10Issue initial and replacement safe-deposit keys to customers, and admit customers to vaults.
11Process loan applications.
12Obtain credit records from reporting agencies.

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 New Accounts 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 New Accounts Clerks?: Published research puts New Accounts Clerks at 55 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 New Accounts Clerks?: Only partly. Individual estimates for New Accounts Clerks run from 14 to 79 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 New Accounts Clerks by score are Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan (55/100), Court, Municipal, and License Clerks (56/100), and Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks (56/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.

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