Identify transaction mistakes when debits and credits do not balance.

“Identify transaction mistakes when debits and credits do not balance.” is a core task performed by Tellers. Among the occupation's 29 rated tasks, workers place it 17th by importance (#13 most important). About 93% 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.

• Evaluate the quality or accuracy of data. in Processing Information

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.

• 0.006% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 75% of that use is work-related
• 85% 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.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Balance currency, coin, and checks in cash drawers at ends of shifts and calculate daily transactions, using computers, calculators, or adding machines. · importance 4.8
• Receive checks and cash for deposit, verify amounts, and check accuracy of deposit slips. · importance 4.8
• Cash checks and pay out money after verifying that signatures are correct, that written and numerical amounts agree, and that accounts have sufficient funds. · importance 4.8
• Monitor bank vaults to ensure cash balances are correct. · importance 4.8
• Count currency, coins, and checks received, by hand or using currency-counting machine, to prepare them for deposit or shipment to branch banks or the Federal Reserve Bank. · importance 4.7
• Enter customers' transactions into computers to record transactions and issue computer-generated receipts. · importance 4.7
• Examine checks for endorsements and to verify other information, such as dates, bank names, identification of the persons receiving payments, and the legality of the documents. · importance 4.7
• Prepare and verify cashier's checks. · importance 4.6
• Resolve problems or discrepancies concerning customers' accounts. · importance 4.6
• Process transactions, such as term deposits, retirement savings plan contributions, automated teller transactions, night deposits, and mail deposits. · importance 4.6
• Answer telephones and assist customers with their questions. · importance 4.6
• Count, verify, and post armored car deposits. · importance 4.5
• Carry out special services for customers, such as ordering bank cards and checks. · importance 4.4
• Sort and file deposit slips and checks. · importance 4.4

See all tasks on the Tellers 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.

@misc{singulariki-task-2555,
  title  = {Identify transaction mistakes when debits and credits do not balance.},
  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-2555}
}