Will AI replace Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping?

What this score means

Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping leans toward the safer end for Administration. Parts of the role touch tasks AI is getting good at, but the core still depends on hands-on work or judgment that resists automation. At 26 out of 100 it scores 24 points below the Administration average of 50. Across the 4 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 20 to 35, 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 Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping, most central first, showing 12 of 18.

• 01Document quantity, quality, type, weight, test result data, and value of materials or products to maintain shipping, receiving, and production records and files.
• 02Weigh or measure materials, equipment, or products to maintain relevant records, using volume meters, scales, rules, or calipers.
• 03Collect or prepare measurement, weight, or identification labels and attach them to products.
• 04Examine products or materials, parts, subassemblies, and packaging for damage, defects, or shortages, using specification sheets, gauges, and standards charts.
• 05Signal or instruct other workers to weigh, move, or check products.
• 06Collect product samples and prepare them for laboratory analysis or testing.
• 07Maintain, monitor, and clean work areas, such as recycling collection sites, drop boxes, counters and windows, and areas around scale houses.
• 08Compare product labels, tags, or tickets, shipping manifests, purchase orders, and bills of lading to verify accuracy of shipment contents, quality specifications, or weights.
• 09Remove from stock products or loads not meeting quality standards, and notify supervisors or appropriate departments of discrepancies or shortages.
• 10Inspect products and examination records to determine the number of defects per worker and the reasons for examiners' rejections.
• 11Store samples of finished products in labeled cartons and record their location.
• 12Count or estimate quantities of materials, parts, or products received or shipped.

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 Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 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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