File Clerks
Office and Administrative Support · SOC 43-4071
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 43-4071 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
- SOC exposure
- 15.7%
- High · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 34/100
- Low friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $43,600
- No H-1B offered-wage row for this SOC.
- Projected openings
- 11,900
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change -15.9%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- 0
- FY2025 certified LCAs; 13,841 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
- H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
- Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
- Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
- This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.
Best transitions from here
Explore all pathways→Lower AI-exposure roles that reuse your skills, ranked by a transition score (skills that transfer, safety gain, pay and retraining effort).
AI Exposure Analysis
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
AI could do ~79.4% of this role but only ~15.7% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.
Top Skills
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
File correspondence, cards, invoices, receipts, and other records in alphabetical or numerical order or according to the filing system used. Locate and remove material from file when requested.
Common titles: Claims Clerk, Clerk, Clerk Typist, Documentation Specialist, File Clerk, Medical Records Clerk
Representative Tasks
- •Perform general office activities, such as typing, answering telephones, operating office machines, processing mail, or securing confidential materials.
- •Keep records of materials filed or removed, using logbooks or computers and generate computerized reports.
- •Gather materials to be filed from departments or employees.
- •Find, retrieve, and make copies of information from files in response to requests and deliver information to authorized users.
- •Add new material to file records or create new records as necessary.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Operate office equipment.
- •Sort mail.
- •Type documents.
- •Maintain inventory records.
- •Enter information into databases or software programs.
Tools & Technologies
Employment Projections & AI Exposure
Employment & Wage Trend
BLS OEWS, 2019–2025
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 15.7% | 33.9% |
| Outlook | Average | 22% Bright |
| Median Salary | $43,600 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 84/100 | N/A |