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Marking Clerks

Print and attach price tickets to articles of merchandise using one or several methods, such as marking price on tickets by hand or using ticket-printing machine.

Minimal RiskImminent Risk62%MEDIUM

9 of 9 tasks have some AI capability

Exposure Trend

Mar61.59%Apr61.59%May61.59%Jun61.59%

This score reflects estimated AI technical capability for tasks in this occupation. It does not predict employment changes, and it does not account for company-specific constraints, regulation, or adoption barriers.

Fully Automatable (2)

AI could handle these end-to-end

Compare printed price tickets with entries on purchase orders to verify accuracy and notify supervisor of discrepancies.

AI: Fully automatable - OCR plus data-matching and workflow automation can reliably compare printed ticket data to purchase orders and alert supervisors about discrepancies without human intervention.

imp: 4.2

Keep records of production, returned goods, and related transactions.

AI: Fully automatable - Keeping production, returns and transaction records is routinely handled by integrated software and AI-driven ERP workflows, allowing full automation of recordkeeping and reconciliation.

imp: 3.4

Human in the Loop (7)

AI could assist, human oversight required

Put price information on tickets, marking by hand or using ticket-printing machine.

AI: Partial - AI can produce and drive ticket-printing output electronically, but the physical act of manually affixing or handwriting price tickets still often requires humans or specialized robotics, so only partial automation is typical.

imp: 4.2

Record number and types of articles marked and pack articles in boxes.

AI: Partial - Recording counts and types can be fully automated into inventory systems, while the physical packing of varied articles is only partially automatable and often left to human workers.

imp: 4.0

Pin, paste, sew, tie, or staple tickets, tags, or labels to article.

AI: Partial - Some mechanical taggers and robotic solutions can staple or tag items, but many pinning, sewing, tying or delicate attachment tasks remain manual or only partially automated in real settings.

imp: 3.8

Mark selling price by hand on boxes containing merchandise.

AI: Partial - AI can generate and print price labels or drive printers, but the specific instruction to mark prices by hand on boxes remains a manual task unless a robotic writer is deployed, so it is only partially automatable.

imp: 3.5

Record price, buyer, and grade of product on tickets attached to products auctioned.

AI: Partial - AI can populate tickets with price, buyer and grade information and print labels, but physically attaching tickets to auctioned items or handling nonstandard workflows typically requires human work, making this partial.

imp: 3.5

Indicate item size, style, color, and inspection results on tags, tickets, and labels, using rubber stamp or writing instrument.

AI: Partial - AI vision and systems can determine size, style, color and inspection outcomes and produce labels, but the act of stamping or handwriting that information on physical tags is often manual, so automation is partial.

imp: 3.4

Change the price of books in a warehouse.

AI: Partial - Price updates in warehouse databases and printed label generation can be fully automated, but physically changing prices on books in many warehouses (manual relabeling) remains only partially automatable.

imp: 2.6

Skills for this role (35)

CoordinationUsefulSpeakingUsefulActive ListeningUsefulCritical ThinkingUsefulMonitoringUsefulSocial PerceptivenessUsefulJudgment and Decision MakingUsefulWritingUsefulService OrientationUsefulReading ComprehensionUseful
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