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Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 7.6% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- #398 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -7.6% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $45,260 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 827,700 in the US, with about 61,300 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: 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 does this: Respond to customer problems or inquiries10%
AI performed this in about 1 in 6 Copilot conversations and completed it 84% of the time.
Still yours: Analyze data to improve operations10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain operational records10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Stock supplies or products10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Purchase goods or services10%
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: Prepare documentation for contracts, applications, or permits9%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,066 conversations, and it got them there 94% of the time.
Still yours: Package objects8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Move materials, equipment, or supplies7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Determine values or prices of goods or services7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 510 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 92 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 61,300 openings a year as people retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 29% of the workCooks, Institution and Cafeteria5% AI does, against 17% here+2.8% by 2035 · $37,450 · No formal credential
- Shares 27% of the workFood Service Managers9% AI does, against 17% here+5.8% by 2035 · $69,390 · High school diploma
- Shares 25% of the workCooks, Private Household9% AI does, against 17% here+5.1% by 2035 · $47,940 · Postsecondary certificate
The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Work front:
How to read this file.
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 0.18, higher than 65% 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, 43-5071 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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