Enter information into databases or software programs.

Enter information into databases or software programs. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 25 occupations and seen in 33 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Process digital or online data. in Working with Computers .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 33 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 33 (100%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 8 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.028% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Record symbols on computer storage media and use computer aided transcription to translate and display them as text. · Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners · importance 4.8 · direct LLM exposure
• Scan labels on letters or parcels to confirm receipt. · Postal Service Mail Carriers · importance 4.8 · exposure with tools
• Enter prescription information into computer databases. · Pharmacy Technicians · importance 4.8 · direct LLM exposure
• Locate and record data on sales of comparable property using specialized software, internet searches, or personal records. · Appraisers of Personal and Business Property · importance 4.7 · exposure with tools
• Compute wages and deductions, and enter data into computers. · Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks · importance 4.7 · direct LLM exposure
• Enter customers' transactions into computers to record transactions and issue computer-generated receipts. · Tellers · importance 4.7 · direct LLM exposure
• Process paperwork for new employees and enter employee information into the payroll system. · Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks · importance 4.7 · direct LLM exposure
• Compile information about new accounts, enter account information into computers, and file related forms or other documents. · New Accounts Clerks · importance 4.6 · direct LLM exposure
• Enter, update, and retrieve information from teletype networks and computerized data systems regarding such things as wanted persons, stolen property, vehicle registration, and stolen vehicles. · Public Safety Telecommunicators · importance 4.6 · direct LLM exposure
• Compare data with source documents, or re-enter data in verification format to detect errors. · Data Entry Keyers · importance 4.5 · direct LLM exposure
• Read source documents such as canceled checks, sales reports, or bills, and enter data in specific data fields or onto tapes or disks for subsequent entry, using keyboards or scanners. · Data Entry Keyers · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Read electric, gas, water, or steam consumption meters and enter data in route books or hand-held computers. · Meter Readers, Utilities · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Establish new computer accounts. · Gambling Cage Workers · importance 4.4 · direct LLM exposure
• Organize or work with detailed office or warehouse records, using computers to enter, access, search or retrieve data. · Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks · importance 4.4 · direct LLM exposure
• Enter text into computer keyboard and select the size and style of type, column width, and appropriate spacing for printed materials. · Desktop Publishers · importance 4.4 · direct LLM exposure
• Enter data into computers for use in analyses or reports. · Statistical Assistants · importance 4.4 · direct LLM exposure
• Input data, such as file numbers, new or updated information, or document information codes into computer systems to support document and information retrieval. · File Clerks · importance 4.3 · direct LLM exposure
• Upload into office computers all information collected on hand-held computers during meter rounds, or return route books or hand-held computers to business offices so that data can be compiled. · Meter Readers, Utilities · importance 4.3 · direct LLM exposure
• Enter and update patrons' records on computers. · Library Assistants, Clerical · importance 4.3 · direct LLM exposure
• File data and related information, and maintain and update databases. · Statistical Assistants · importance 4.2 · direct LLM exposure
• Create, maintain, and enter information into databases. · Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive · importance 4.2 · direct LLM exposure
• Update directory information. · Telephone Operators · importance 4.1 · direct LLM exposure
• Transcribe data to worksheets, and enter data into computer for use in preparing documents and adjusting accounts. · Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks · importance 4.1 · direct LLM exposure
• Enter into record-keeping systems appropriate data needed to create new title records or to update existing ones. · Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers · importance 4.0 · direct LLM exposure
• Enter information about museum collections into computer databases. · Museum Technicians and Conservators · importance 4.0 · direct LLM exposure
• Enter digitized data into electronic prepress system computer memory, using scanner, camera, keyboard, or mouse. · Desktop Publishers · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Enter data, such as coordinates of images and color specifications, into system to retouch and make color corrections. · Desktop Publishers · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Enter or retrieve information from structural databases, protein sequence motif databases, mutation databases, genomic databases or gene expression databases. · Bioinformatics Technicians · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Use data entry devices, such as optical scanners, to input data into computers for revision or editing. · Word Processors and Typists · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Enter information into computerized court calendar, filing, or case management systems. · Judicial Law Clerks · importance 3.6 · direct LLM exposure
• Give buyers virtual tours of properties in which they are interested, using computers. · Real Estate Brokers · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Enter shipping information into a computer by hand or by a hand-held scanner that reads bar codes on goods. · Cargo and Freight Agents · importance 3.0 · direct LLM exposure
• Enter insurance- and claims-related information into database systems. · Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks · direct LLM exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners
• Postal Service Mail Carriers
• Pharmacy Technicians
• Appraisers of Personal and Business Property
• Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
• Tellers
• New Accounts Clerks
• Public Safety Telecommunicators
• Data Entry Keyers
• Meter Readers, Utilities
• Gambling Cage Workers
• Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks
• Desktop Publishers
• Statistical Assistants
• File Clerks
• Library Assistants, Clerical
• Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
• Telephone Operators
• Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
• Museum Technicians and Conservators
• Bioinformatics Technicians
• Word Processors and Typists
• Judicial Law Clerks
• Real Estate Brokers
• Cargo and Freight Agents

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.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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