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Archivists
Also filed here: Archivist, Curator
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 3.4% more of these jobs by 2035, slower than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #639 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +3.4% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $64,550 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 10,300 in the US, with about 1,100 openings a year
The work, 11 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
AI helps with this: Develop operational or technical procedures or standards21%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 787 conversations, and it got them there 91% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
AI helps with this: Inspect characteristics or conditions of materials or products12%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,462 conversations, and it got them there 90% of the time.
AI helps with this: Prepare informational or instructional materials11%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 137 conversations, and it got them there 90% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
AI helps with this: Provide general assistance to others, such as customers, patrons, or motorists11%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 98 conversations, and it got them there 84% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
Still yours: Design databases10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Supervise personnel activities8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Arrange displays or decorations8%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,323 conversations, and it got them there 65% of the time.
AI helps with this: Purchase goods or services6%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 214 conversations, and it got them there 91% of the time.
AI helps with this: Plan events or programs6%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,901 conversations, and it got them there 92% of the time.
AI does this: Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 40 Copilot conversations and completed it 91% of the time.
AI helps with this: Edit written materials or documents3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 61 conversations, and it got them there 94% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 103 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 1,100 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
The jobs closest to this one. None of them is much less exposed.
- Shares 37% of the workMuseum Technicians and Conservators18% AI does, against 5% here+3.6% by 2035 · $51,440 · Bachelor’s degree
- Shares 33% of the workCurators33% AI does, against 5% here+4.9% by 2035 · $63,420 · Master’s degree
- Shares 33% of the workLibrarians and Media Collections Specialists44% AI does, against 5% here+2.6% by 2035 · $68,270 · Master’s degree
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deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.28, higher than 85% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 25-4011 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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