New Accounts 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 15 tasks
Obtain credit records from reporting agencies.
quick to check, an existing check settles it, and a mistake is cheap · 2.3% of the role's time · $42.0M · passed by Claude Sonnet, Gemini 3.1 Pro · the models disagreed
Does not pass
Collect and record customer deposits and fees and issue receipts, using computers.
physical work, outside the screen · 13.5% of the role's time · $242M
Perform teller duties as required.
physical work, outside the screen · 12.1% of the role's time · $216M
Inform customers of procedures for applying for services, such as ATM cards, direct deposit of checks, and certificates of deposit.
reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 11.6% of the role's time · $208M · waiting on a check
Compile information about new accounts, enter account information into computers, and file related forms or other documents.
physical work, outside the screen · 11.5% of the role's time · $206M
Answer customers' questions and explain available services, such as deposit accounts, bonds, and securities.
reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 10.9% of the role's time · $196M · waiting on a check
Interview customers to obtain information needed for opening accounts or renting safe-deposit boxes.
reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 9.8% of the role's time · $175M · waiting on a check
Refer customers to appropriate bank personnel to meet their financial needs.
reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 9.3% of the role's time · $167M
Investigate and correct errors upon customers' request, according to customer and bank records.
reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked · 5.6% of the role's time · $100M · passed by Gemini 3.1 Pro · the models disagreed
Issue initial and replacement safe-deposit keys to customers, and admit customers to vaults.
physical work, outside the screen · 4.6% of the role's time · $82.7M
Execute wire transfers of funds.
reason given most often: a failure is too expensive · 4.4% of the role's time · $78.2M
Process loan applications.
reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 1.9% of the role's time · $34.7M
Perform foreign currency transactions and sell traveler's checks.
physical work, outside the screen · 1.5% of the role's time · $26.1M
Duplicate records for distribution to branch offices.
physical work, outside the screen · 0.4% of the role's time · $7.1M
Schedule repairs for locks on safe-deposit boxes.
reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 0.4% of the role's time · $6.6M · passed by GPT-6 Sol · the models disagreed
Where this role works
| Industry | Workers | Wage bill | Passes the screen | All three pass |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (5221 and 5223 only) | 35,240 | $1.7B | $39.2M | $0 |
| Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities | 900 | $51.2M | $1.2M | $0 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | 910 | $45.9M | $1.1M | $0 |
| Nondepository Credit Intermediation | 300 | $12.3M | $288k | $0 |
| Insurance Carriers | 130 | $6.7M | $157k | $0 |
| Employment Services | 80 | $3.4M | $80.9k | $0 |