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title: "Will AI Replace Billing and Posting Clerks?"
description: "BLS rates billing and posting clerks' exposure to AI as very high. What that means, which parts of the work AI touches, and the 2025–2035 outlook (-0.1%…"
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# Will AI Replace Billing and Posting Clerks? (2026)

**Short answer:** This is one of the most exposed jobs, and BLS projects it to shrink. Exposure is not a forecast of job loss on its own, but here the two point the same way.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics places billing and posting clerks in its very high AI exposure category, among the occupations most exposed to current AI. BLS projects employment to fall by 0.1% over 2025–2035, against 3.5% for all occupations, with about 37,000 openings a year.

| Measure | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| BLS relative AI exposure | Very high | BLS Employment Projections, AI exposure categories |
| NueCareer AI-resilience score | 2/100 | NueCareer analysis of O\*NET 31.0 Database |
| Projected employment change | -0.1% | BLS EP 2025–2035 |
| Openings a year | 37,000 | BLS EP 2025–2035 |
| Median annual wage | $48,500 | BLS OEWS May 2025 |

## Exposure categories

| BLS category | Occupations |
| --- | --- |
| Low | 203 |
| Moderate | 194 |
| High | 190 |
| Very high (this job) | 199 |

Exposure means AI could be or has been used to assist with or complete some of the work. BLS says it does not imply job loss, productivity gains, automation probability or wage effects. Method: https://www.bls.gov/emp/publications/ai-exposure-categories.htm

## What holds up

- Establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships: 4.0/5 (O\*NET work activity importance)
- Face-to-face discussions: 3.9/5 (O\*NET work context)

## What AI reaches first

- Processing information: 4.1/5 (O\*NET work activity importance)
- Repeating the same tasks: 4.4/5 (O\*NET work context)
- Working with computers: 4.5/5 (O\*NET work activity importance)
- Time spent sitting: 4.9/5 (O\*NET work context)

## O\*NET tasks

- Verify accuracy of billing data and revise any errors.
- Prepare itemized statements, bills, or invoices and record amounts due for items purchased or services rendered.
- Keep records of invoices and support documents.
- Operate typing, adding, calculating, or billing machines.
- Create billing documents, shipping labels, credit memorandums, or credit forms.
- Contact customers to obtain or relay account information.

## Related careers less exposed to AI than billing and posting clerks

- [Postal Service Mail Sorter, Processor, and Processing Machine Operator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/postal-service-mail-sorter-processor-and-processing-machine-operator): BLS exposure Low, median $58,470; [Will AI replace postal service mail sorters?](https://nuecareer.com/careers/will-ai-replace-postal-service-mail-sorters)
- [Postal Service Mail Carrier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/postal-service-mail-carrier): BLS exposure Moderate, median $60,550; [Will AI replace postal service mail carriers?](https://nuecareer.com/careers/will-ai-replace-postal-service-mail-carriers)
- [Courier and Messenger](https://nuecareer.com/careers/courier-and-messenger): BLS exposure Moderate, median $39,200
- [Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerk](https://nuecareer.com/careers/shipping-receiving-and-inventory-clerk): BLS exposure High, median $45,260; [Will AI replace shipping clerks?](https://nuecareer.com/careers/will-ai-replace-shipping-clerks)
- [Postal Service Clerk](https://nuecareer.com/careers/postal-service-clerk): BLS exposure High, median $62,130
- [Teller](https://nuecareer.com/careers/teller): BLS exposure High, median $43,030; [Will AI replace tellers?](https://nuecareer.com/careers/will-ai-replace-tellers)

## FAQ

**Will AI replace billing and posting clerks?**

This is one of the most exposed jobs, and BLS projects it to shrink. Exposure is not a forecast of job loss on its own, but here the two point the same way. BLS defines exposure as AI being able to assist with or complete some of the work, and says it does not imply job loss, productivity gains or wage effects. BLS projects employment to fall by 0.1% over 2025–2035, against 3.5% for all occupations, with about 37,000 openings a year.

**How exposed are billing and posting clerks to AI?**

BLS sorts 786 occupations into four relative categories: low, moderate, high and very high. Billing and Posting Clerks are in the very high category, alongside 198 other occupations. The categories combine five public measures of where AI could be or already is used, and they compare occupations with each other rather than giving an absolute risk.

**What parts of a billing and posting clerk's job can AI do?**

In O\*NET's description of the work, the parts that overlap most with what AI handles well are processing information, repeating the same tasks and working with computers. The parts that hold up best are establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships and face-to-face discussions. These come from O\*NET ratings of how important each activity is to the job, read through NueCareer's AI-resilience method.

**Is being a billing and posting clerk a safe career from AI?**

On NueCareer's AI-resilience score, built from O\*NET work activities, billing and posting clerks score 2 out of 100, higher than 0% of the occupations we score. The job pays a median of $48,500 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025). No job is fully safe from technological change, but the federal exposure category and the projected openings are the two numbers worth weighing.

**What careers similar to billing and posting clerks are less exposed to AI?**

Postal Service Mail Sorter, Processor, and Processing Machine Operator (low exposure, $58,470 median), Postal Service Mail Carrier (moderate exposure, $60,550 median), Courier and Messenger (moderate exposure, $39,200 median), Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerk (high exposure, $45,260 median). Each is in a lower BLS exposure category than billing and posting clerks, and most are listed by O\*NET as related to the work.

Full profile: https://nuecareer.com/careers/billing-and-posting-clerk.

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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