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Office and Administrative Support · United States (national)

Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping

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

The short version: this role is moderately exposed to automation, and a near-term shift looks unlikely. 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
27.6 of 100
AI / softwarerange 15.6 to 39.6
54.5 of 100
Physical / roboticsrange 42.5 to 66.5

When the change is likely

unlikely soon 0y 5y 10y 15y 20+y

Largely unaffected local demand growing

What to do about it

Use AI to outpace AI.

Strategies to protect your livelihood, most important first.

1
Stay sharp; urgency is low
This role looks durable. Keep your skills current and watch for shifts in your field.
2
Move up from the task to the system
Robotics targets the physical work. Shift toward supervising, maintaining, or programming the automation instead of competing with it.
3
Pivot toward Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
It is skill-adjacent and less exposed (43.3 vs 54). A lateral move now beats a forced one later.
4
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.
5
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

Document quantity, quality, type, weight, test result data, and value of materials or products to maintain shipping, receiving, and production records and files.
54.5
Weigh or measure materials, equipment, or products to maintain relevant records, using volume meters, scales, rules, or calipers.
54.5
Collect or prepare measurement, weight, or identification labels and attach them to products.
54.5
Examine products or materials, parts, subassemblies, and packaging for damage, defects, or shortages, using specification sheets, gauges, and standards charts.
54.5
Signal or instruct other workers to weigh, move, or check products.
54.5
Collect product samples and prepare them for laboratory analysis or testing.
54.5
Maintain, monitor, and clean work areas, such as recycling collection sites, drop boxes, counters and windows, and areas around scale houses.
54.5

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

What is driving my result

lowers risk
raises risk
Task: Document quantity, quality, type, weight, test result data, and value of materials or products to maintain shipping, receiving, and production records and files.
Task: Weigh or measure materials, equipment, or products to maintain relevant records, using volume meters, scales, rules, or calipers.
Local demand is growing

Lower-risk adjacent roles

Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
43.3

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

How this score is calculated

  1. Map Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping to its standard O*NET task list (7 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 27.6, robotics 54.5.
  4. The timeline comes from the higher axis (54.5), shifted for local demand (growing), 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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