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Typist / word processor
Key facts
This job is declining in the United States. According to the ILO, typing, formatting and transcription are among the tasks most exposed to generative AI. Future-proof jobs use similar skills: see "What next?".
The job
Types, formats and proofreads letters, reports and minutes from notes or recordings.
9 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- audio typist
- braille typist
- clerk typist
- data entry typist
- phonotypist
- shorthand typist
- transcription typist
- typist
- word processor
What next?
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Sources
The BLS projects 40,400 jobs in 2025 and 26,500 in 2035: the steepest percentage decline of all the occupations it tracks. Its tasks (typing, formatting, transcription) are among those the ILO rates as most exposed.
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Fastest declining occupations, 2025-2035Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
Checked on 27 October 2026.