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Recycling Coordinators vs Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Recycling Coordinators and Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Recycling Coordinators Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
Median pay · BLS OEWS
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$57,770
Employment · BLS OEWS
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385,000
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
51st pct
83rd pct

At a glance

Dimension Recycling Coordinators Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
Median pay — $57,770
Employment — 385,000
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection — Declining (-1.8%)
Annual openings · BLS projection — 34,100
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 51st pct High · 83rd pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk — 81st pct · 44% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — Automation-leaning (31.8%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman — No

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Customer and Personal Service, Administration and Management, Speaking, Oral Comprehension, Oral Expression, Administrative, Speech Recognition, Speech Clarity, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Coordination, Time Management, Deductive Reasoning, Production and Processing, Mathematics, English Language, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, Information Ordering, Judgment and Decision Making, Written Comprehension, Problem Sensitivity, Inductive Reasoning, Near Vision, Computers and Electronics, Social Perceptiveness, Category Flexibility, Writing, Active Learning, Written Expression, Selective Attention, Complex Problem Solving.

Specific to Recycling Coordinators

  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Education and Training
  • Public Safety and Security
  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Transportation
  • Persuasion
  • Learning Strategies
  • Service Orientation

Specific to Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

  • Perceptual Speed
  • Systems Analysis
  • Far Vision
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Fluency of Ideas
  • Number Facility
  • Flexibility of Closure

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Data base user interface and query software , Word processing software , Enterprise resource planning ERP software .

Specific to Recycling Coordinators

Specific to Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Recycling Coordinators or Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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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.

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Singulariki. "Recycling Coordinators vs Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/recycling-coordinators-vs-production-planning-and-expediting-clerks

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Singulariki. (2026). Recycling Coordinators vs Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/recycling-coordinators-vs-production-planning-and-expediting-clerks

BibTeX 
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  title  = {Recycling Coordinators vs Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks},
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  year   = {2026},
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  url    = {https://singulariki.com/compare/recycling-coordinators-vs-production-planning-and-expediting-clerks}
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