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Tellers vs Brokerage Clerks

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Tellers and Brokerage 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.”

Tellers Brokerage Clerks
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$39,340
$62,940
Employment · BLS OEWS
339,340
40,090
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
80th pct
97th pct

At a glance

Dimension Tellers Brokerage Clerks
Median pay $39,340 $62,940
Employment 339,340 40,090
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Declining (-12.9%) Declining (-9.5%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 29,800 4,100
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
AI exposure · published exposure studies High · 80th pct High · 97th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 96th pct · 58% of tasks 99th pct · 64% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Automation-leaning (50.0%) Augmentation-leaning (41.0%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No Yes

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: Oral Comprehension, Customer and Personal Service, Oral Expression, Number Facility, Speech Recognition, Speech Clarity, English Language, Problem Sensitivity, Information Ordering, Active Listening, Near Vision, Mathematics, Speaking, Written Comprehension, Written Expression, Selective Attention, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Deductive Reasoning, Mathematical Reasoning, Economics and Accounting, Writing, Mathematics, Time Management, Inductive Reasoning, Category Flexibility, Active Learning, Coordination, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Flexibility of Closure.

Specific to Tellers

  • Public Safety and Security
  • Perceptual Speed
  • Administration and Management
  • Instructing
  • Fluency of Ideas
  • Time Sharing

Specific to Brokerage Clerks

  • Computers and Electronics
  • Administrative
  • Negotiation
  • Systems Analysis
  • Finger Dexterity
  • Sales and Marketing

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

Specific to Tellers

Specific to Brokerage Clerks

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Tellers or Brokerage 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. "Tellers vs Brokerage 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/tellers-vs-brokerage-clerks

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Tellers vs Brokerage Clerks. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/tellers-vs-brokerage-clerks

BibTeX 
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  title  = {Tellers vs Brokerage Clerks},
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  year   = {2026},
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  url    = {https://singulariki.com/compare/tellers-vs-brokerage-clerks}
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