Postmasters and Mail Superintendents

Most exposed tasks

No task is classified fully automatable in this release. The highest-exposure task relative to this role is shown in the free snapshot above; the assistive work is detailed next.

Augmentable tasks

Work where AI assists rather than replaces — the productivity frontier of this role.

• Monitor employees' work schedules and attendance for payroll purposes.65
• Prepare and submit detailed and summary reports of post office activities to designated supervisors.65
• Prepare employee work schedules.55

Most durable tasks

Lowest exposure — typically judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability. This is the human moat.

• Negotiate labor disputes.20
• Organize and supervise activities, such as the processing of incoming and outgoing mail.30
• Resolve customer complaints.30

Task exposure values and classifications are published, versioned estimates audited against the anchored rubric. This page reads them from the data release rather than generating them at request time. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 40 puts Postmasters and Mail Superintendents in the third quartile of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this high is about the mix: 0 of 13 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 6 augmentable, and 7 durable. The useful question isn’t “will AI take this job” — it’s which tasks go first, which get faster, and where to reposition time. That’s what the personalized report maps against your actual week.

Lower-exposure adjacent roles

No adjacent role in the current data release is at least 10 points lower with ≥50% skill overlap — we don’t label anything “safer” unless the data supports it.

Labor-market context

• $96,660median wage
• 13,810employed
• 900annual openings
• -3.1%projected growth

Context only — labor statistics are not inputs to the exposure score. See methodology.

Related roles

Adjacent by skills or family — no exposure claim implied.

• Postal Service Clerks 36
• Administrative Services Managers 42
• Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 44
• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 44
• Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 50
• First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand 36

How this score was calculated

FAQ — Postmasters and Mail Superintendents

Will AI replace Postmasters and Mail Superintendents?

This score cannot predict whether this occupation or any individual job will be replaced. It shows which tasks current and near-term AI can perform or accelerate, which tasks remain more durable, and where a worker can adapt. Employer decisions, demand, regulation, and how the role changes are outside the score.

What does a score of 40 mean for a Postmasters and Mail Superintendents?

It means that, weighted across the 13 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 40 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the third quartile of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.

Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?

This role has no strongly automatable task in the current data release.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The most durable responsibilities are: Negotiate labor disputes; Organize and supervise activities, such as the processing of incoming and outgoing mail; Resolve customer complaints. Durable tasks typically depend on judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability.

Is this score personalized to me?

No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.