As of June 2026, Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping has an AI-exposure score of 64/100 (High exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
More exposed than 79% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$46,380. About 5,300 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
How you compare to similar Administrative roles
Your tasks, by AI exposure
- Communicate with customers and vendors to exchange information regarding products, materials, and services.
- Document quantity, quality, type, weight, test result data, and value of materials or products to maintain shipping, receiving, and production records and files.
- Operate scalehouse computers to obtain weight information about incoming shipments such as those from waste haulers.
- Weigh or measure materials, equipment, or products to maintain relevant records, using volume meters, scales, rules, or calipers.
- Store samples of finished products in labeled cartons and record their location.
- Compare product labels, tags, or tickets, shipping manifests, purchase orders, and bills of lading to verify accuracy of shipment contents, quality specifications, or weights.
- Sort products or materials into predetermined sequences or groupings for display, packing, shipping, or storage.
- Fill orders for products and samples, following order tickets, and forward or mail items.
- Remove from stock products or loads not meeting quality standards, and notify supervisors or appropriate departments of discrepancies or shortages.
- Inspect products and examination records to determine the number of defects per worker and the reasons for examiners' rejections.
- Examine products or materials, parts, subassemblies, and packaging for damage, defects, or shortages, using specification sheets, gauges, and standards charts.
- Collect or prepare measurement, weight, or identification labels and attach them to products.
- Maintain, monitor, and clean work areas, such as recycling collection sites, drop boxes, counters and windows, and areas around scale houses.
- Collect product samples and prepare them for laboratory analysis or testing.
- Unload or unpack incoming shipments.
- Transport materials, products, or samples to processing, shipping, or storage areas, manually or using conveyors, pumps, or hand trucks.
- Signal or instruct other workers to weigh, move, or check products.
- Count or estimate quantities of materials, parts, or products received or shipped.
No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as automatable (89%).
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