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Tellers vs New Accounts Clerks

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Tellers and New Accounts 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 New Accounts Clerks
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$39,340
$46,610
Employment · BLS OEWS
339,340
38,030
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
80th pct
89th pct

At a glance

Dimension Tellers New Accounts Clerks
Median pay $39,340 $46,610
Employment 339,340 38,030
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Declining (-12.9%) Declining (-13.2%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 29,800 2,300
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 · 89th 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 (42.2%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No 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: 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, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Deductive Reasoning, Mathematical Reasoning, Economics and Accounting, Writing, Mathematics, Time Management, Public Safety and Security, Inductive Reasoning, Category Flexibility, Administration and Management, Active Learning, Coordination, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making.

Specific to Tellers

  • Selective Attention
  • Perceptual Speed
  • Instructing
  • Fluency of Ideas
  • Flexibility of Closure
  • Time Sharing

Specific to New Accounts Clerks

  • Sales and Marketing
  • Administrative
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Education and Training
  • Persuasion
  • Law and Government

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 , Enterprise resource planning ERP software , Data base user interface and query software .

Specific to Tellers

Specific to New Accounts Clerks

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Tellers or New Accounts 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 New Accounts 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-new-accounts-clerks

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

BibTeX 
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  title  = {Tellers vs New Accounts Clerks},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
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  url    = {https://singulariki.com/compare/tellers-vs-new-accounts-clerks}
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