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Package objects

Work activity · O*NET

Package objects is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Handling and Moving Objects. 40 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Package products for storage or shipment
  • Package objects for shipping
  • Package materials or products
  • Package food or supplies
  • Package agricultural products for shipment or further processing
  • Package materials for transport

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 81.8% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 9.1% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 77.8% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 22nd pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 6
Baristas 2
Cargo and Freight Agents 2
Craft Artists 2
Food Preparation Workers 2
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products 2
Helpers--Production Workers 2
Machine Feeders and Offbearers 2
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service 2
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 2
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators 2
Stockers and Order Fillers 2
Agricultural Inspectors 1
Anthropologists and Archeologists 1
Cashiers 1
Correspondence Clerks 1
Dishwashers 1
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers 1
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians 1
Environmental Engineers 1
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 1
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 1
Fast Food and Counter Workers 1
Fishing and Hunting Workers 1
Food Batchmakers 1
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 1
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 1
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 1
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 1
Pharmacy Aides 1
Postal Service Mail Carriers 1
Potters, Manufacturing 1
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials 1
Print Binding and Finishing Workers 1
Residential Advisors 1
Retail Salespersons 1
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 1
Team Assemblers 1
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners 1
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 1
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 37 occupations in occupations that perform Package objects.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Dishwashers Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators Food Preparation Workers Potters, Manufacturing Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Stockers and Order Fillers Agricultural Inspectors Craft Artists Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks Occupational Health and Safety Specialists Cashiers Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians Anthropologists and Archeologists Environmental Engineers Correspondence Clerks AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Package objects., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Package objects." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/package-objects

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Package objects. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/package-objects

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-package-objects,
  title  = {Package objects},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/package-objects}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.