Not Very Resilient

Last Update: 5/19/2026

Your role’s AI Resilience Score is

24.6%

Median Score

Meaningful human contribution

Low

Long-term employer demand

Med

Sustained economic opportunity

Low

Our confidence in this score:
Medium-high

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AI Resilience Report forInformation and Record Clerks, All Other

Information and Record Clerks, All Other are less resilient to AI impacts than most occupations, according to our analysis of 5 sources.

This career is labeled "Not Very Resilient" because the core tasks — sorting files, tagging records, and organizing information — are exactly the kind of repetitive, rule-based work that AI handles quickly and cheaply. Tools like Microsoft's Purview are already doing the heavy lifting of classification and compliance monitoring, and the U.

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This role is not very resilient

This career is labeled "Not Very Resilient" because the core tasks — sorting files, tagging records, and organizing information — are exactly the kind of repetitive, rule-based work that AI handles quickly and cheaply. Tools like Microsoft's Purview are already doing the heavy lifting of classification and compliance monitoring, and the U.

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Analysis of Current AI Resilience

Info & Record Clerks

Updated Quarterly • Last Update: 5/14/2026

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State of Automation

How is AI changing Info & Record Clerks jobs?

If you're worried about a future as an information or records clerk, here's the honest picture: a lot of the routine work in this role is being automated, but humans are still needed to keep the systems trustworthy. According to ARMA International's records management magazine, AI tools are already handling classification (so officers don't spend hours sorting content), automated metadata tagging, intelligent search, risk identification, continuous compliance monitoring, and automated redaction for legal or FOIA requests. These tools save time, reduce errors, and free staff to focus on higher-value work, but ARMA stresses that success depends on human governance, oversight, and "high-quality data, clear business rules" — meaning clerks are shifting from doing the filing to supervising the AI that files.

Goldman Sachs research reported by Fortune confirms this trend on the labor side: AI scores high on substitution risk for occupations like insurance claims clerks and bill collectors, where it can handle most core tasks [1] [2].

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AI Adoption

How fast is AI adoption growing for Info & Record Clerks?

Adoption is moving fast because the technology is cheap and widely available — many organizations already pay for Microsoft 365 and its Purview compliance tool [3], so adding AI classification is a small extra step. Economic pressure also pushes adoption: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment of information clerks to decline 3 percent from 2024 to 2034 [4], and the World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2025 [5] lists clerical roles among the fastest-declining occupations through 2030. Brookings warns that administrative and clerical "Gateway" jobs in the Northeast and Sun Belt show the highest AI exposure, creating uncertainty around stepping-stone roles that support upward mobility.

Still, things that slow full replacement include legal accountability, privacy rules, and the need for human judgment when AI makes mistakes that could expose sensitive data [1]. The good news: young workers fluent in AI tools can become the people who run, audit, and improve these systems — a more valuable role than the one being automated away.

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Career: Information and Record Clerks, All Other

They organize and manage various documents and information to keep records accurate and easy to find when needed.

Employment & Wage Data

Median Wage

$48,360

Jobs (2024)

153,300

Growth (2024-34)

-0.2%

Annual Openings

17,800

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Experience

None

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2024-2034

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