Will AI replace production clerks?

Much of the work, but not all of it. AI could take on about 63% of the working time in a typical production clerk job today. The other 37% still needs a person.

37% of the work still needs a person.

Needs a person: 37%A person checking AI: 21%AI alone: 42%

The bracket under the bar is the evidence range for the share AI could take on: 56 to 63%. One end comes from how well AI did each responsibility in real use, or a second rating where that isn't measured. The other is our figure, which also follows research across the industry.

17 responsibilities in a typical production clerk job. Median pay $59,650 a year in the U.S. (BLS, May 2025).

Still needs a person

  • Coordinate with vendors and customers AI helps
  • Revise production schedules AI helps
  • Check documents and products for conformance AI helps
  • Arrange delivery of supplies and parts AI helps
  • Plan production timetables AI helps
  • Check progress with department supervisors AI helps

AI can do or help with

  • Distribute production schedules AI can do it
  • Review schedules for material and staffing needs AI helps
  • Revise production schedules AI helps
  • Coordinate with vendors and customers AI helps
  • Arrange delivery of supplies and parts AI helps
  • Check progress with department supervisors AI helps

The biggest responsibilities on each side, ranked by a person's time on the left. "AI helps" means AI takes on part of the work, or most of it with a person checking what it produces, so one can show on both sides. See all 17, with the reason for each and the cost of handing them to AI.

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Questions people ask

Will AI replace production clerks?

Much of the work, but not all of it. AI could take on about 63% of the working time in a typical production clerk job today. The other 37% still needs a person. That is a split of the work, not a forecast of jobs lost.

Which parts of the job can AI do?

The biggest ones AI can do or help with: distribute production schedules, review schedules for material and staffing needs, revise production schedules, coordinate with vendors and customers, arrange delivery of supplies and parts, check progress with department supervisors.

Which parts still need a person?

The biggest ones: coordinate with vendors and customers, revise production schedules, check documents and products for conformance, arrange delivery of supplies and parts, plan production timetables, check progress with department supervisors.

How is this measured?

The U.S. Department of Labor lists 17 responsibilities for this job (O*NET 31.0). Each is scored on 4 questions: can AI do it, does it get it right, must a person sign for it, and do people need to deal with a real person. The split is weighted by how much of the job each responsibility takes up. The evidence range for the share AI could take on is 56 to 63%. One end comes from how well AI did each responsibility in real use, or a second rating where that isn't measured. The other is our figure, which also follows research across the industry. Scores version 0.7.17, updated October 28, 2026.

Responsibilities from O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor). Pay from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025. Scores are calibrated to published research and updated every month. How it works.

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