What the US government's figures say about this job, the tasks it involves, and every study we found on what AI does to it. None of this is a forecast of your own job.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects every job ten years ahead and says what it expects to drive the change.
“The automation of routine tasks, such as data entry”
Part of a longer sentence in the outlook section. The job description section says "Automating some routine tasks makes these workers more efficient".
BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, Aug 27, 2026
$40.23 an hour
As the government's O*NET database lists them. AI's effect on a job depends on which of these tasks it can do.
O*NET OnLine, Oct 6, 2026
We haven't found a trial or study of AI in this job yet. The score below is the best measure so far of how much its work overlaps with what people do with AI.
0.19on a scale from 0 to 1
Microsoft AI applicability score for Accountants and Auditors (SOC 13-2011)
How much of the occupation's work activities overlap with what people successfully do with Microsoft's Bing Copilot; not a forecast of job loss.
Microsoft Research, Working with AI, Dec 22, 2025 · data licensed CC BY 4.0
0.24on a scale from 0 to 1
Microsoft AI applicability score for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks (SOC 43-3031)
How much of the occupation's work activities overlap with what people successfully do with Microsoft's Bing Copilot; not a forecast of job loss.
Bookkeepers are a separate BLS occupation, shown for comparison.
Microsoft Research, Working with AI, Dec 22, 2025 · data licensed CC BY 4.0
How far the evidence has got for tasks this job involves, on our six-step ladder.
Every taskChecked Oct 19, 2026. How we check
