Calculate figures, such as required amounts of labor or materials, manufacturing costs, or wages, using pricing schedules, adding machines, calculators, or computers.

“Calculate figures, such as required amounts of labor or materials, manufacturing costs, or wages, using pricing schedules, adding machines, calculators, or computers.” is a supplemental task performed by Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks. Among the occupation's 17 rated tasks, workers place it 6th by importance (#12 most important). About 48% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Determine values or prices of goods or services. in Making Decisions and Solving Problems

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E1. Direct exposure — a language model could plausibly cut the time to do this task by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 1.00. Automation potential label: T3.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.019% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 51% of that use is work-related
• Most common interaction: directive
• Average autonomy of the AI: 2.8 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 96% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Working with AI vs. handing it off

Of the AI conversations mapped to this task, the split between people working alongside AI and people delegating the task to it.

How people interact with AI on this task

Other tasks in this occupation

• Distribute production schedules or work orders to departments. · importance 4.3
• Revise production schedules when required due to design changes, labor or material shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions, collaborating with management, marketing, sales, production, or engineering. · importance 4.3
• Review documents, such as production schedules, work orders, or staffing tables, to determine personnel or materials requirements or material priorities. · importance 4.2
• Arrange for delivery, assembly, or distribution of supplies or parts to expedite flow of materials and meet production schedules. · importance 4.0
• Confer with establishment personnel, vendors, or customers to coordinate production or shipping activities and to resolve complaints or eliminate delays. · importance 4.0
• Requisition and maintain inventories of materials or supplies necessary to meet production demands. · importance 3.9
• Confer with department supervisors or other personnel to assess progress and discuss needed changes. · importance 3.9
• Examine documents, materials, or products and monitor work processes to assess completeness, accuracy, and conformance to standards and specifications. · importance 3.9
• Plan production commitments or timetables for business units, specific programs, or jobs, using sales forecasts. · importance 3.8
• Compile information, such as production rates and progress, materials inventories, materials used, or customer information, so that status reports can be completed. · importance 3.8
• Compile and prepare documentation related to production sequences, transportation, personnel schedules, or purchase, maintenance, or repair orders. · importance 3.7
• Contact suppliers to verify shipment details. · importance 3.6
• Record production data, including volume produced, consumption of raw materials, or quality control measures. · importance 3.5
• Establish and prepare product construction directions and locations and information on required tools, materials, equipment, numbers of workers needed, and cost projections. · importance 3.4

See all tasks on the Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks page.

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  = {Calculate figures, such as required amounts of labor or materials, manufacturing costs, or wages, using pricing schedules, adding machines, calculators, or computers.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  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},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-11369}
}