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Census · Admin · occupation code 43-4011

Brokerage Clerks

Every task in this role, whether it passes the census's structural hand-over screen, which models pass it, and why. It is a screen, not a claim about what AI can do: a task can pass and still be beyond the systems of the day. The stricter and looser rules re-vote every task, and small differences between roles are noise.

Passes the screen · 1 of 10 tasks

  • Prepare reports summarizing daily transactions and earnings for individual customer accounts.

    quick to check, an existing check settles it, and a mistake is cheap · 3.4% of the role's time · $87.8M · passed by Claude Sonnet, Gemini 3.1 Pro · the models disagreed

Does not pass

  • Correspond with customers and confer with coworkers to answer inquiries, discuss market fluctuations, or resolve account problems.

    reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 22.0% of the role's time · $577M

  • Perform clerical tasks, such as answering phones or distributing mail.

    physical work, outside the screen · 19.4% of the role's time · $509M

  • File, type, or operate standard office machines.

    physical work, outside the screen · 17.5% of the role's time · $458M

  • Document security transactions, such as purchases, sales, conversions, redemptions, or payments, using computers, accounting ledgers, or certificate records.

    reason given most often: a failure is too expensive · 12.6% of the role's time · $329M · passed by Claude Sonnet · the models disagreed

  • Prepare forms, such as receipts, withdrawal orders, transmittal papers, or transfer confirmations, based on transaction requests from stockholders.

    physical work, outside the screen · 7.6% of the role's time · $200M

  • Compute total holdings, dividends, interest, transfer taxes, brokerage fees, or commissions and allocate appropriate payments to customers.

    reason given most often: a failure is too expensive · 4.7% of the role's time · $124M · passed by Claude Sonnet · the models disagreed

  • Schedule and coordinate transfer and delivery of security certificates between companies, departments, and customers.

    physical work, outside the screen · 4.3% of the role's time · $114M

  • Monitor daily stock prices and compute fluctuations to determine the need for additional collateral to secure loans.

    reason given most often: a failure is too expensive · 4.2% of the role's time · $111M

  • Verify ownership and transaction information and dividend distribution instructions to ensure conformance with governmental regulations, using stock records and reports.

    reason given most often: a failure is too expensive · 4.2% of the role's time · $109M

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