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Office and Administrative Support · United States (national)

Tellers

How exposed this work is to automation, shown as ranges with the reasoning and sources.

The short version: this role is less exposed to automation, and meaningful change looks likely over the next 5 to 10 years. It is a sourced range, not a verdict, and the detail is below.

Built on O*NET tasks, BLS pay and projections, and peer-reviewed AI-exposure research. Sources shown. Data snapshot SNAPSHOT-2026-11-06. How it works
33.3 of 100
AI / softwarerange 21.3 to 45.3
33.1 of 100
Physical / roboticsrange 21.1 to 45.1

When the change is likely

partial change 0y 5y 10y 15y 20+y

Partial, 5 to 10 years local demand declining

What to do about it

Use AI to outpace AI.

Strategies to protect your livelihood, most important first.

1
Use your 5 to 10 year runway
Change here is gradual. Build resilient skills steadily and watch the signals rather than waiting for a shock.
2
Pivot toward Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
It is skill-adjacent and less exposed (31.4 vs 33). A lateral move now beats a forced one later.
3
Build a financial buffer
Keep 6 to 12 months of expenses and diversify your income, so a disruption is a setback rather than a catastrophe.
4
Add a recognised credential
A certification or license raises the bar against automation and signals value in a tightening market.

Which of my tasks are exposed

Balance currency, coin, and checks in cash drawers at ends of shifts and calculate daily transactions, using computers, calculators, or adding machines.
33.3
Receive checks and cash for deposit, verify amounts, and check accuracy of deposit slips.
33.3
Monitor bank vaults to ensure cash balances are correct.
33.3
Cash checks and pay out money after verifying that signatures are correct, that written and numerical amounts agree, and that accounts have sufficient funds.
33.3
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.
33.3
Enter customers' transactions into computers to record transactions and issue computer-generated receipts.
33.3
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.
33.3
Resolve problems or discrepancies concerning customers' accounts.
50.0

Longer, orange bars are more automatable; short green bars are resistant.

What is driving my result

lowers risk
raises risk
Local demand is declining
Task: Resolve problems or discrepancies concerning customers' accounts.
Task: Balance currency, coin, and checks in cash drawers at ends of shifts and calculate daily transactions, using computers, calculators, or adding machines.

Lower-risk adjacent roles

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
31.4

A full, ranked mitigation plan is part of the paid tiers.

How this score is calculated

  1. Map Tellers to its standard O*NET task list (8 core tasks).
  2. Score each task for AI/software exposure (Eloundou et al. 2023) and physical/robotics exposure (an O*NET work-context proxy), each 0 to 100.
  3. The two axis scores are the task averages: AI 33.3, robotics 33.1.
  4. The timeline comes from the higher axis (33.3), shifted for local demand (declining), and seniority. It is read against your remaining working years.
  5. Ranges are about ±12 points. A backtest against real BLS employment change shows the risk ranking holds in aggregate, but individual outcomes are predicted weakly, so results are ranges, never a flat verdict.

Sources: O*NET, Eloundou et al. (2023), GPTs are GPTs, O*NET Work Context, BLS CPI-U, BLS OEWS. Snapshot SNAPSHOT-2026-11-06. Full method and backtest on How it works.

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