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title: "Will AI Replace Court? (2026)"
description: "BLS rates court' exposure to AI as very high. What that means, which parts of the work AI touches, and the 2025–2035 outlook (+3.4% projected)."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/careers/will-ai-replace-court"
last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# Will AI Replace Court? (2026)

**Short answer:** AI will reshape this job more than most, but BLS does not forecast it disappearing. The exposure is among the highest BLS measured, yet it still projects employment to grow.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics places court in its very high AI exposure category, among the occupations most exposed to current AI. BLS projects employment to change by +3.4% over 2025–2035, against 3.5% for all occupations, with about 17,100 openings a year.

| Measure | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| BLS relative AI exposure | Very high | BLS Employment Projections, AI exposure categories |
| NueCareer AI-resilience score | 19/100 | NueCareer analysis of O\*NET 31.0 Database |
| Projected employment change | +3.4% | BLS EP 2025–2035 |
| Openings a year | 17,100 | BLS EP 2025–2035 |
| Median annual wage | $48,700 | 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

- Performing for or working directly with the public: 4.5/5 (O\*NET work activity importance)
- Face-to-face discussions: 4.3/5 (O\*NET work context)
- Dealing with the public: 4.7/5 (O\*NET work context)
- Establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships: 3.8/5 (O\*NET work activity importance)

## What AI reaches first

- Documenting/recording information: 4.7/5 (O\*NET work activity importance)
- Performing administrative activities: 4.4/5 (O\*NET work activity importance)
- Repeating the same tasks: 4.2/5 (O\*NET work context)
- Processing information: 3.8/5 (O\*NET work activity importance)

## O\*NET tasks

- Respond to requests for information from the public, other municipalities, state officials, or state and federal legislative offices.
- Perform administrative tasks, such as answering telephone calls, filing court documents, or maintaining office supplies or equipment.
- Perform general office duties, such as taking or transcribing dictation, typing or proofreading correspondence, distributing or filing official forms, or scheduling appointments.
- Plan or direct the maintenance, filing, safekeeping, or computerization of all municipal documents.
- Answer inquiries from the general public regarding judicial procedures, court appearances, trial dates, adjournments, outstanding warrants, summonses, subpoenas, witness fees, or payment of fines.
- Question applicants to obtain required information, such as name, address, or age, and record data on prescribed forms.

## Related careers less exposed to AI than court

- [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 court?**

AI will reshape this job more than most, but BLS does not forecast it disappearing. The exposure is among the highest BLS measured, yet it still projects employment to grow. 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 change by +3.4% over 2025–2035, against 3.5% for all occupations, with about 17,100 openings a year.

**How exposed are court to AI?**

BLS sorts 786 occupations into four relative categories: low, moderate, high and very high. Court 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 court, municipal, and license 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 documenting/recording information, performing administrative activities and repeating the same tasks. The parts that hold up best are performing for or working directly with the public, face-to-face discussions and dealing with the public. 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 court, municipal, and license clerk a safe career from AI?**

On NueCareer's AI-resilience score, built from O\*NET work activities, court score 19 out of 100, higher than 10% of the occupations we score. The job pays a median of $48,700 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 court 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 court, and most are listed by O\*NET as related to the work.

Full profile: https://nuecareer.com/careers/court-municipal-and-license-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).

O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology