Leaflet and newspaper distributor/deliverer
AI displacement risk
12%
Range 5.49–17.44%
Leaflet and newspaper distributor/deliverer has 23% AI task overlap and 23% human bottleneck protection — lower risk than 56% of occupations in the live market. Current AI capabilities have limited overlap with core tasks.
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers·SGD 1,600/mo (1,600–2,244)·~1.1K workers in SG·Updated 2026-06-11
Structural pressure, not a prediction of job loss. Displacement tends to arrive through slower hiring, wage compression and role redesign before layoffs.
Why This Score
23% of tasks overlap with current AI
23% human advantage from judgment & presence
59% demand buffer from the local labour market
These factors interact with each other — the final score is not a simple sum of these bars.
How much AI overlaps with this job's tasks, offset by human advantages and local demand. Score stability: watch. How this works
Tasks AI can handle
With 23% AI task overlap (based on Felten AIOE and ILO occupational exposure), the Leaflet and newspaper distributor/deliverer tasks most exposed include: predictive maintenance scheduling, safety checklist automation, inventory management, and remote monitoring via sensors.
- • Coordinate with engineers, planners, field personnel, or other utility workers to provide information such as clearances, switching orders, or distribution process changes.
- • Respond to emergencies, such as transformer or transmission line failures, and route current around affected areas.
- • Control, monitor, or operate equipment that regulates or distributes electricity or steam, using data obtained from instruments or computers.
O*NET tasks for this occupation with the most observed AI usage (Anthropic task data).
What AI can't do here
At 23% human bottleneck protection, the tasks that remain hardest to automate for Leaflet and newspaper distributor/deliverer include: physical dexterity on job sites, real-time environmental adaptation, operating heavy equipment safely, and handling unexpected on-site conditions.
Skills to focus on
Sources: Felten AIOE (2021), ILO GenAI (2025), Pizzinelli et al. bottleneck model. Full methodology.
Singapore Now
Current labour market conditions and how they affect this role.
Still healthy locally. Hiring remains positive and retrenchment stays low, even if demand is not accelerating.
Vacancy
2.8%
↑ 16.7% YoY
Hiring
2.4%
vs 1.5% resign
Retrenchment
1.5
per 1,000 · low
Re-entry
78.1%
find work in 12mo· -4.5pp
Production & Transport Operators, Cleaners & Labourers · 2025 Q4
Top Industries
Industry vacancy overlays use the latest published detailed cross-tab, which can lag the main labour monitor.
What You Can Do
Leaflet and newspaper distributor/deliverer has some offset potential, but it depends on transition pathways holding up in practice and on workers clearing the main switching frictions.
Published transition support
Related roles you could transition to
Similarity-basedCompare within Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers
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Higher risk than 44% of occupations · V7 structural score
Raw scores
AIOE -0.873 · θ 0.641 · C-AIOE -0.737
Stability
watch · Optimistic 7% · Pessimistic 18%
Score range (best/worst case)
Exposure 11–33% · Net risk 5.49–17.44%
Scoring basis
V7 structural score. Uses task-concentration-weighted exposure, human bottleneck, and demand resilience. V6 baseline fields are retained for release-to-release comparison.-1.3pp versus retained V6 baseline.
Wage range (SGD/mo)
25th 1,600 · Median 1,600 · 75th 2,244
Evidence & sources
Data matching
submajor_fallback · SSOC 96291
Data quality
66% · Matching 0.60 · Market data 0.65 · Freshness 0.75
100% weighted task match · 0% effective coverage
AI overlap by data source
Weights: aioe 47% · ilo 53%
Worker profile & local context
- Vacancy rate is 2.8% and rose by 0.8 points from last quarter.
- Hiring read: recruitment is running above resignation (2.4% vs 1.5%).
- Retrenchment was low at 1.5 per 1,000 employees.
- 78.1% of retrenched workers re-entered employment within 12 months.
- Employer pressure is low, based on 1 recent Singapore-relevant company signals.
Worker profile
Gender mix
47% male / 53% femalePublished Singapore worker composition for the detailed occupation family 96 Waste Collection, Recycling & Material Recovery Workers & Other Elementary Workers.
Employment structure
Employee-heavy96% employees, 4% employers or self-employed workers.
Work arrangement
Part-time meaningful33% part-time and 67% full-time in 2025.
Age profile
Older-skewing5% aged 15 to 29, 14% aged 30 to 49, and 81% aged 50 or older.
Qualification mix
Non-degree heavyBelow secondary 56%; Secondary 18%.
Gross wage by sex
Near parityPublished June 2024 gross wage medians: male $1,600, female $1,600.
Where this work is concentrated
Top planning areas
Jurong West, Woodlands, Bedok22% of workers in this occupation group live in these three planning areas.
Residential concentration
Moderately clustered35% live across the top five planning areas in the 2020 Census.
Commute pattern
Mid-range commutesEstimated average commute 32.8 minutes. 27% take 46 minutes or more.
Role profile
How this role's work breaks down across key dimensions. This is a general profile, not an individual measurement.
Workflow dimensions (0 = low, 1 = high)
How this changes by career stage
Senior workers benefit from institutional knowledge and judgment that AI cannot replicate. Entry-level roles have higher task overlap with AI.
Frequently asked questions
Will AI replace Leaflet and newspaper distributor/deliverer?
Leaflet and newspaper distributor/deliverer has 23% AI task overlap and 23% human bottleneck protection — lower risk than 56% of occupations in the live market. Current AI capabilities have limited overlap with core tasks. Net displacement risk: 12% (Low). Median wage: SGD 1,600/month.
What is the AI risk score for Leaflet and newspaper distributor/deliverer?
Leaflet and newspaper distributor/deliverer has an AI displacement risk of 12%, rated Low. AI task overlap: 23%. Human advantage: 23%. Local demand buffer: 59%.
What career transitions are available for Leaflet and newspaper distributor/deliverer?
Leaflet and newspaper distributor/deliverer has modeled transition pathways to related occupations. The strongest adjacent pathway is Building caretaker/Watchman, based on skill and wage similarity (model-estimated). Transition scoring accounts for wage preservation, training ease, and destination quality.
How does Leaflet and newspaper distributor/deliverer salary compare in the live market?
Leaflet and newspaper distributor/deliverer earns a median gross wage of SGD 1,600/month in the live market (25th-75th percentile: SGD 1,600-2,244). This is 64% below median across all 562 scored occupations, and 17% below group median within Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers occupations.