Payroll clerks barely register in AI usage, at under 5%. Don’t mistake that for safety. Payroll has been automating for decades through software, not chatbots, and that’s where the change comes from. Postings in Indeed’s accounting category, the closest it tracks, are down 6% on a year ago. The people who stay valuable are the ones who catch what the system gets wrong.
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How to read this: AI task coverage comes from the Anthropic Economic Index, which measures how people use Claude, not the whole labour market. Job postings data comes from Indeed Hiring Lab and reflects the wording of job ads, not actual AI use at work. Employment and pay are US figures unless stated. AI use is not the same as job loss; our verdict explains what we think it means.