Postal Service Clerks

Imminent Risk
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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
87%
(Imminent Risk)
POLLING
83%
(Imminent Risk, Based on 65 votes)
Average: 85%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
-3.0%
by year 2033
WAGES
$59,570
or $28.64 per hour
Volume
78,130
as of 2023
SUMMARY
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JOB SCORE
2.3/10
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Job Score (higher is better):

We rate jobs using four factors. These are:

- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

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Calculated automation risk

87% (Imminent Risk)

Imminent Risk (81-100%): Occupations in this level have an extremely high likelihood of being automated in the near future. These jobs consist primarily of repetitive, predictable tasks with little need for human judgment.

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Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Manual Dexterity

  • Finger Dexterity

  • Social Perceptiveness

User poll

83% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted that it's very probable this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 87% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Postal Service Clerks will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

Sentiment

The following graph is shown where there are enough votes to produce meaningful data. It displays user poll results over time, providing a clear indication of sentiment trends.

Sentiment over time (yearly)

Growth

Very slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Postal Service Clerks' job openings is expected to decline 3.0% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Wages

Moderately paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Postal Service Clerks' was $59,570, or $29 per hour

'Postal Service Clerks' were paid 23.9% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Moderate range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 78,130 people employed as 'Postal Service Clerks' within the United States.

This represents around 0.05% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 1 thousand people are employed as 'Postal Service Clerks'.

Job description

Perform any combination of tasks in a United States Postal Service (USPS) post office, such as receive letters and parcels; sell postage and revenue stamps, postal cards, and stamped envelopes; fill out and sell money orders; place mail in pigeon holes of mail rack or in bags; and examine mail for correct postage. Includes postal service clerks employed by USPS contractors.

SOC Code: 43-5051.00

Comments (1)

Jack (No chance)
22 Nov 2024 11:28
There's no way the post office is going to make a machine to sort parcels to each route in the morning.

And if we need someone to do that, may as well make use of them and make them wait on customers.
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