Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks

Most exposed tasks

Highest structured exposure values in this role’s task mix — the work AI systems can already do most of.

• Examine shipment contents and compare with records, such as manifests, invoices, or orders, to verify accuracy.98
• Prepare documents, such as work orders, bills of lading, or shipping orders, to route materials.85
• Confer or correspond with establishment representatives to rectify problems, such as damages, shortages, or nonconformance to specifications.81

Most durable tasks

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

The current data release does not distinguish durable tasks for this role.

Task exposure values and classifications come from the versioned data release — they are structured data, not model output. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 78 puts Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks in the most-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this high is about the mix: 11 of 11 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 0 augmentable, and 0 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.

One next move: audit how much of your week sits in the exposed tasks above — then shift time toward the durable set or investigate the adjacent roles below.

Lower-exposure adjacent roles

Shown only when the target is at least 10 points lower under the same score version and skill overlap is at least 50%. These are adjacent roles with lower task exposure — not guaranteed “safe careers”.

Labor-market context

• $45,260median wage
• 816,870employed
• 69,300annual openings
• -7.7%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 71
• Cargo and Freight Agents 72
• Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators 74
• Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 45
• Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 69
• Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service 68

FAQ — Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks

What does a score of 78 mean for a Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks?

It means that, weighted across the 11 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 78 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the most-exposed quarter 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?

The highest-exposure tasks are: Examine shipment contents and compare with records, such as manifests, invoices, or orders, to verify accuracy; Prepare documents, such as work orders, bills of lading, or shipping orders, to route materials; Confer or correspond with establishment representatives to rectify problems, such as damages, shortages, or nonconformance to specifications. Exposure is scored per task from structured data, not generated by a language model.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The current data release does not distinguish durable tasks for this role.

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.