AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 43-3021.00
Will AI replace Billing and Posting Clerks?
Billing and Posting Clerks: AI can already handle 25 of 28 tasks; the work mostly needs a standard-tier model.
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Every task, scored
The 28 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Billing and Posting Clerks, from most to least exposed. 25 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.
| Task | AI exposure | Evidence | Model tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verify accuracy of billing data and revise any errors. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Verify signatures and required information on checks. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Track accumulated hours and dollar amounts charged to each client job to calculate client fees for professional services, such as legal or accounting services. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Compile reports of cost factors, such as labor, production, storage, and equipment. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Resolve discrepancies in accounting records. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Prepare itemized statements, bills, or invoices and record amounts due for items purchased or services rendered. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Operate typing, adding, calculating, or billing machines. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Post stop-payment notices to prevent payment of protested checks. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Keep records of invoices and support documents. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Perform bookkeeping work, including posting data or keeping other records concerning costs of goods or services or the shipment of goods. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Contact customers to obtain or relay account information. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Weigh envelopes containing statements to determine correct postage and affix postage, using stamps or metering equipment. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Compare previously prepared bank statements with canceled checks and reconcile discrepancies. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Take orders for imprinted checks. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Encode and cancel checks, using bank machines. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Load machines with statements, cancelled checks, or envelopes to prepare statements for distribution to customers or stuff envelopes by hand. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Compute credit terms, discounts, shipment charges, or rates for goods or services to complete billing documents. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Update manuals when rates, rules, or regulations are amended. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Route statements for mailing or over-the-counter delivery to customers. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Monitor equipment to ensure proper operation. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Answer inquiries regarding rates, routing, or procedures. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Perform general administrative tasks, such as answering telephones, scheduling appointments, and ordering supplies or equipment. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Return checks to customers or retrieve checks returned to customers in error, adjusting accounts and answering inquiries about errors as necessary. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Review documents, such as purchase orders, sales tickets, charge slips, or hospital records, to compute fees or charges due. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Consult sources, such as rate books, manuals, or insurance company representatives, to determine specific charges or information such as rules, regulations, or government tax and tariff information. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Review compiled data on operating costs and revenues to set rates. | Observed | Efficient | |
| Create billing documents, shipping labels, credit memorandums, or credit forms. | Observed | Efficient | |
| Fix minor problems, such as equipment jams, and notify repair personnel of major equipment problems. | Estimated | Efficient |
Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 2 of 28 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 26 of 28. Importance is O*NET's 1 to 5 rating of how central the task is. Model tier is the lowest tier that can do the task under the published rubric; "No tier" marks hands-on work.
The model tier this role needs
A standard-tier model or lower covers 86% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 100% of the work is something AI can address at some tier.
Efficient, standard and frontier tiers come from the JobRoute model tier reference. The recommended tier is the lowest one that covers 80% of the work AI can address. How the method works.
Wages, employment and outlook
- US employment
- 404,060
- Median annual wage
- $48,500
- Middle half of earners
- $42,840 to $58,290
- Projected change, 2024 to 2034
- -0.4%
Employment and wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Projection: BLS Employment Projections 2024 to 2034.
Adjacent roles
The occupations that reuse the most of this role's skills, with the usual time to move. These are the first places to look when you plan to redeploy or retrain people in this role.
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 74% skill overlap, about 9 months to move Exposure57
- Office Clerks, General 66% skill overlap, about 12 months to move Exposure53
- Bill and Account Collectors 66% skill overlap, about 12 months to move Exposure39
- Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 65% skill overlap, about 13 months to move Exposure67
- Postal Service Clerks 63% skill overlap, about 13 months to move Exposure33
Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.
Questions about Billing and Posting Clerks and AI
Will AI replace Billing and Posting Clerks?
AI already handles 25 of the 28 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 71 out of 100. JobRoute scores tasks, not whole jobs, so the score shows how much of the work changes rather than whether the job disappears. BLS projects employment to change by -0.4% from 2024 to 2034.
What is the AI exposure of Billing and Posting Clerks?
71 out of 100 on JobRoute's task exposure measure, the importance-weighted average of the role's O*NET task scores. Higher means more of the work is AI-doable today. 2 of the 28 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 26 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.
Which Billing and Posting Clerks tasks can AI already do?
The tasks with the highest exposure are: Verify accuracy of billing data and revise any errors; Verify signatures and required information on checks; Track accumulated hours and dollar amounts charged to each client job to calculate client fees for professional services, such as legal or accounting services. They are three of the 25 tasks that reach 60 or more.
What AI model tier does this role need?
A standard-tier model or lower covers 86% of the role's importance-weighted task work. JobRoute assigns each task the lowest tier that can do it under a published rubric and recommends the lowest tier that covers 80% of the work AI can address.
How many people work as Billing and Posting Clerks, and what do they earn?
404,060 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $48,500 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of -0.4% from 2024 to 2034.
How to cite
Data version 2026-11-02, JobRoute method v1.0.0. Download all occupations or this occupation as JSON. Methodology.
JobRoute (2026). AI exposure: Billing and Posting Clerks. Data version 2026-11-02, method v1.0.0. Built on O*NET 30.3, BLS OEWS May 2025 and the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026). CC BY 4.0. https://www.jobroute.ai/jobs/billing-and-posting-clerks
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