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Perform administrative or clerical activities

Work activity · O*NET

Perform administrative or clerical activities is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Performing Administrative Activities. 108 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.

  • Perform student enrollment or registration activities
  • Perform clerical work in medical settings
  • File documents or records
  • Perform administrative or clerical tasks
  • Prepare business correspondence
  • Process healthcare paperwork
  • Process library materials
  • Type documents

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 89.8% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 26.3% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 68.3% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 87th 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
Library Technicians 8
Medical Records Specialists 8
Correspondence Clerks 4
Medical Transcriptionists 4
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 3
Funeral Attendants 3
Library Assistants, Clerical 3
Pharmacy Aides 3
Pharmacy Technicians 3
Tellers 3
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians 2
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners 2
File Clerks 2
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars 2
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 2
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 2
Nurse Anesthetists 2
Opticians, Dispensing 2
Physical Therapists 2
Receptionists and Information Clerks 2
Residential Advisors 2
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service 2
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 2
Word Processors and Typists 2
Acute Care Nurses 1
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors 1
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Animal Caretakers 1
Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Athletic Trainers 1
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Baggage Porters and Bellhops 1
Barbers 1
Bill and Account Collectors 1
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 1
Brokerage Clerks 1

Showing 40 of 108 occupations.

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 40 occupations in occupations that perform Perform administrative or clerical activities.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers Barbers Nurse Anesthetists Athletic Trainers Funeral Attendants Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians Physical Therapists Opticians, Dispensing Acute Care Nurses Residential Advisors Pharmacy Technicians Medical Transcriptionists Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors Word Processors and Typists Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Brokerage Clerks Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Perform administrative or clerical activities., 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. "Perform administrative or clerical activities." 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/perform-administrative-or-clerical-activities

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Perform administrative or clerical activities. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/perform-administrative-or-clerical-activities

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-perform-administrative-or-clerical-activities,
  title  = {Perform administrative or clerical activities},
  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/perform-administrative-or-clerical-activities}
}

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