Headline risk
21%
Moderate RiskProduction, planning, and expediting clerks
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
Coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials within or between departments of an establishment according to production schedule. Duties include reviewing and distributing production, work, and shipment schedules; conferring with department supervisors to determine progress of work and completion dates; and compiling reports on progress of work, inventory levels, costs, and production problems.
Task evidence
100% weighted task match · 7% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 57,770
Employment 2024
388.8K
Projected Change (2024–34)
-1.8%
Openings (2024–34)
34.1K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Overall employment of material recording clerks is projected to grow 6 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Confer with department supervisors or other personnel to assess progress and discuss needed changes. AI use: 0%
- 2. Distribute production schedules or work orders to departments. AI use: 0%
- 3. Arrange for delivery, assembly, or distribution of supplies or parts to expedite flow of materials and meet production schedules. AI use: 0%
- 4. Revise production schedules when required due to design changes, labor or material shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions, collaborating with management, marketing, sales, production, or engineering. AI use: 0%
- 5. Review documents, such as production schedules, work orders, or staffing tables, to determine personnel or materials requirements or material priorities. AI use: 0%
- 6. Requisition and maintain inventories of materials or supplies necessary to meet production demands. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 41.9 · 212K employed
Under 25: 12% · 25–54: 67% · 55+: 22%
Related
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
crosswalk_exact · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Material recording clerks track product information in order to keep businesses and supply chains on schedule.
Most material recording clerks work full time.
Material recording clerks typically need a high school diploma or equivalent and are trained on the job.
The median annual wage for material recording clerks was $46,120 in May 2024.
Overall employment of material recording clerks is projected to grow 6 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.