AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 43-3061.00
Will AI replace Procurement Clerks?
Procurement Clerks: AI can already handle 17 of 19 tasks; the work mostly needs a frontier-tier model.
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Every task, scored
The 19 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Procurement Clerks, from most to least exposed. 17 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.
| Task | AI exposure | Evidence | Model tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calculate costs of orders, and charge or forward invoices to appropriate accounts. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Review requisition orders to verify accuracy, terminology, and specifications. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Compare suppliers' bills with bids and purchase orders to verify accuracy. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Track the status of requisitions, contracts, and orders. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Perform buying duties when necessary. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Prepare purchase orders and send copies to suppliers and to departments originating requests. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Compare prices, specifications, and delivery dates to determine the best bid among potential suppliers. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Approve and pay bills. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Determine if inventory quantities are sufficient for needs, ordering more materials when necessary. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Check shipments when they arrive to ensure that orders have been filled correctly and that goods meet specifications. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Contact suppliers to schedule or expedite deliveries and to resolve shortages, missed or late deliveries, and other problems. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Respond to customer and supplier inquiries about order status, changes, or cancellations. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Monitor in-house inventory movement and complete inventory transfer forms for bookkeeping purposes. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Locate suppliers, using sources such as catalogs and the internet, and interview them to gather information about products to be ordered. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Prepare invitation-of-bid forms, and mail forms to supplier firms or distribute forms for public posting. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Prepare, maintain, and review purchasing files, reports and price lists. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Monitor contractor performance, recommending contract modifications when necessary. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Train and supervise subordinates and other staff. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Maintain knowledge of all organizational and governmental rules affecting purchases, and provide information about these rules to organization staff members and to vendors. | Estimated | Efficient |
Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 0 of 19 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 19 of 19. 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 frontier-tier model or lower covers 100% 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
- 55,810
- Median annual wage
- $50,580
- Middle half of earners
- $43,420 to $60,080
- Projected change, 2024 to 2034
- -8.7%
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.
- Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products 73% skill overlap, about 10 months to move Exposure42
- Order Clerks 69% skill overlap, about 11 months to move Exposure43
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 68% skill overlap, about 11 months to move Exposure61
- Purchasing Managers 66% skill overlap, about 12 months to move Exposure63
- Office Clerks, General 64% skill overlap, about 13 months to move Exposure53
Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.
Questions about Procurement Clerks and AI
Will AI replace Procurement Clerks?
AI already handles 17 of the 19 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 70 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 -8.7% from 2024 to 2034.
What is the AI exposure of Procurement Clerks?
70 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. 0 of the 19 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 19 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.
Which Procurement Clerks tasks can AI already do?
The tasks with the highest exposure are: Calculate costs of orders, and charge or forward invoices to appropriate accounts; Review requisition orders to verify accuracy, terminology, and specifications; Compare suppliers' bills with bids and purchase orders to verify accuracy. They are three of the 17 tasks that reach 60 or more.
What AI model tier does this role need?
A frontier-tier model or lower covers 100% 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 Procurement Clerks, and what do they earn?
55,810 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $50,580 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of -8.7% 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: Procurement 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/procurement-clerks
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