As of July 2026,
Bookkeeper has an AI-exposure score of 76/100
(Very High exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index. This is an estimate of task
exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
Score inputs for this role:
AI-Safe Careers curated modeled estimate. This curated role has no matched O*NET SOC or empirical occupation signal. Treat it as a lower-confidence directional estimate. BLS labor-market figures are separate context, not score inputs.
Bookkeeper
More exposed than 95% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$47,000.
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) - your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
How this role compares to similar Finance roles
What this role usually involves
Compute, classify, and record numerical data to keep financial records complete. Perform any combination of routine calculating, posting, and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records. May also check the accuracy of figures, calculations, and postings pertaining to business transactions recorded by other workers.
Broad guidance for this preparation level; exact requirements vary by role and employer.
Source: O*NET 29.1 title match - Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031.00. Context describes the role; the AI-exposure score remains a separate task-exposure estimate.
Bookkeeper tasks, by AI exposure
- Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.
- Operate 10-key calculators, typewriters, and copy machines to perform calculations and produce documents.
- Classify, record, and summarize numerical and financial data to compile and keep financial records, using journals and ledgers or computers.
- Flag anomalies for review
No durable tasks identified for this role - its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as automatable (95%).
We analyzed all 20 Bookkeeper tasks - 19 automatable and 1 augmentable. The full task map - every task with exactly what to do about each - is in your Career Report.
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Every task scored with what to automate, augment, or protect.
Related roles with exposure deltas, salary, demand, and reachability. Lower-exposure options appear only when the data supports them.
A keepable roadmap plus resume and LinkedIn repositioning.
Grounded in O*NET-linked or curated role data, with Penn, Anthropic Economic Index, and AIOE signals where matched. BLS labor-market context is separate - not generic advice.
Adjacent career paths
Relatedness shows how reachable a move may be. A path is labeled lower exposure only when its score is at least 6 points lower; every row shows the measured difference.
Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.
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Every task scored with what to do about it; adjacent paths with honest exposure deltas, salary, demand, and reachability; a skill-gap map; a 30/60/90-day roadmap; Agent Reality Check; plus a résumé and LinkedIn rewrite and professional PDF.
Grounded in O*NET-linked or curated role data, with Penn, Anthropic Economic Index, and AIOE signals where matched. BLS labor-market context is separate.
AI was the most-cited reason for U.S. layoffs through mid-2026 - the workers who adapt earliest fare best. - Challenger, Gray & Christmas, 2026The upside: Workers with AI skills earn a roughly 62% wage premium - adapting pays. - PwC Global AI Jobs Barometer, 2026
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