Perform administrative or clerical tasks.

Perform administrative or clerical tasks. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 14 occupations and seen in 15 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Perform administrative or clerical activities. in Performing Administrative Activities .

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 14 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 12 (86%) 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 3 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.020% 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.

• Obtain doctors' signatures on death certificate and complete other paperwork, such as insurance claims forms. · Funeral Attendants · importance 4.5 · direct LLM exposure
• Sign for cash-on-delivery and registered mail before leaving the post office. · Postal Service Mail Carriers · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Perform general administrative tasks, such as taking attendance, editing internal paperwork, and making phone calls. · Childcare Workers · importance 4.2 · direct LLM exposure
• Answer telephones and schedule appointments. · Animal Caretakers · importance 4.2 · direct LLM exposure
• Perform various administrative tasks, such as typing documents or answering telephone calls. · Funeral Attendants · importance 4.2 · direct LLM exposure
• Perform clerical and administrative duties such as keeping records, paying bills, and hiring and supervising personnel. · Barbers · importance 4.1 · direct LLM exposure
• File pleadings with court clerks. · Paralegals and Legal Assistants · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Participate in the work of subordinates to facilitate productivity or to overcome difficult aspects of work. · First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Answer telephones, and route calls or deliver messages. · Residential Advisors · importance 3.8 · direct LLM exposure
• Perform contract administration duties, assisting with bid openings or the awarding of contracts. · Court, Municipal, and License Clerks · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Perform administrative and management functions related to the practice of law. · Lawyers · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Provide clerical support to other departments. · Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants · importance 3.6 · direct LLM exposure
• Perform clerical duties, such as filing, typing, operating switchboards, or routing mail and messages. · Tour Guides and Escorts · importance 3.6 · direct LLM exposure
• Perform office duties on a temporary basis when needed. · Concierges · importance 3.6 · direct LLM exposure
• Prepare digital files for printing. · 27-1024.00

Occupations that perform this

• Funeral Attendants
• Postal Service Mail Carriers
• Childcare Workers
• Animal Caretakers
• Barbers
• Paralegals and Legal Assistants
• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
• Residential Advisors
• Court, Municipal, and License Clerks
• Lawyers
• Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
• Concierges
• Tour Guides and Escorts
• 27-1024.00

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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  title  = {Perform administrative or clerical tasks.},
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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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