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Data Entry Keyers
Also filed here: Data entry, Data entry operator, Typist
Being rewritten
AI already performs most of the work in this job. The BLS expects 25.5% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- #17 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -25.5% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $41,340 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 131,800 in the US, with about 7,700 openings a year
The work, 9 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
AI does this: Evaluate the quality or accuracy of data25%
AI performed this in about 1 in 683 Copilot conversations and completed it 82% of the time.
AI does this: Process digital or online data19%
AI performed this in about 1 in 136 Copilot conversations and completed it 81% of the time.
AI does this: Communicate with others about operational plans or activities14%
AI performed this in about 1 in 354 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
AI does this: Compile records, documentation, or other data11%
AI performed this in about 1 in 301 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
Still yours: Stock supplies or products10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Select materials or equipment for operations or projects9%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 222 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
Still yours: Maintain operational records6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Operate office equipment4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,704 conversations, and it got them there 85% of the time.
AI helps with this: Interpret language, cultural, or religious information for others3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 135 conversations, and it got them there 91% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 75 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 7,700 openings a year as people retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
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- Shares 24% of the workLight Truck Drivers18% AI does, against 68% here+6.3% by 2035 · $44,860 · High school diploma
The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Work front:
How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.32, higher than 91% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 43-9021 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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