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Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers vs Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers and Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 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.”

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$54,980
$54,140
Employment · BLS OEWS
48,170
154,540
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
17th pct
70th pct

At a glance

Dimension Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Median pay $54,980 $54,140
Employment 48,170 154,540
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+2.0%) Declining (-5.8%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 5,400 19,600
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 Low · 17th pct High · 70th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 76th pct · 39% of tasks 93rd pct · 55% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (48.4%) Automation-leaning (64.4%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman Yes 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: Reading Comprehension, Oral Comprehension, Written Comprehension, Oral Expression, Active Listening, Written Expression, Speaking, Critical Thinking, English Language, Law and Government, Deductive Reasoning, Near Vision, Speech Recognition, Writing, Speech Clarity, Problem Sensitivity, Inductive Reasoning, Administrative, Complex Problem Solving, Time Management, Customer and Personal Service, Computers and Electronics, Active Learning, Monitoring, Coordination, Information Ordering, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Category Flexibility, Judgment and Decision Making, Selective Attention.

Specific to Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

  • Flexibility of Closure
  • Mathematics
  • Persuasion
  • Perceptual Speed
  • Learning Strategies
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Production and Processing
  • Geography

Specific to Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

  • Administration and Management
  • Public Safety and Security
  • Communications and Media
  • Fluency of Ideas
  • Far Vision
  • Economics and Accounting
  • Education and Training
  • Originality

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 , Document management software , Data base user interface and query software , Presentation software , Word processing software , Calendar and scheduling software , Internet browser software , Project management software .

Specific to Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Specific to Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers or Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants — 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. "Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers vs Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants." 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/title-examiners-abstractors-and-searchers-vs-legal-secretaries-and-administrative-assistants

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Singulariki. (2026). Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers vs Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/title-examiners-abstractors-and-searchers-vs-legal-secretaries-and-administrative-assistants

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