Takeover Tracker
46%medium risk
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
vs

28 shared · 28 different

core competencies

48%medium risk
File Clerks

Side-by-Side Comparison

MetricExecutive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsFile Clerks
Risk Score45.9%48.0%
Risk TierMedium RiskMedium Risk
Risk Percentile93th95th
Tasks at Risk (>50%)11 / 159 / 15
Median Salary$74,260$41,270
Employment473K79K

Skill Comparison

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Sorted by largest difference

Scheduling Work and Activities
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Clerical
Speech Recognition
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
Performing Administrative Activities
Getting Information
Service OrientationAI-Resistant
Active Listening
Thinking Creatively

Protective Factors

Higher values indicate stronger protection against AI displacement

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

29%

total discount

File Clerks

27%

total discount

Task Risk Comparison

Tasks sorted by AI automation risk — higher means more automatable

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

11 of 15 at risk
87%Process payroll information.
87%File and retrieve corporate documents, records, and reports.
86%Keep track of employees' time.
85%Answer phone calls and direct calls to appropriate parties or take messages.
84%Manage and maintain executives' schedules.

File Clerks

9 of 15 at risk
88%Sort or classify information according to guidelines, such as content, purpose, user criteria, or chronological, alphabetical, or numerical order.
88%Keep records of materials filed or removed, using logbooks or computers and generate computerized reports.
86%Complete general financial activities, such as processing accounts payable, reviewing invoices, collecting cash payments, or issuing receipts.
86%Add new material to file records or create new records as necessary.
86%Track materials removed from files to ensure that borrowed files are returned.

Wage Comparison

File Clerks earns -$32,990(-44%) vs Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsFile Clerks
10th
$48,300$29,620
25th
$60,000$35,120
Median
$74,260$41,270
75th
$90,440$50,020
90th
$107,710$61,080

Premium Head-to-Head Analysis

Displacement Timeline Comparison

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants2028–2035
File Clerks2028–2035
20242030203520402045

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants has a longer runway before significant displacement, projected 0 years later than File Clerks.

Risk-Adjusted Salary

Salary weighted by displacement risk: salary × (1 − risk%)

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

$40,182

from $74,260

File Clerks

$21,469

from $41,270

After adjusting for AI risk, Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants offers $18,713 more in risk-adjusted pay.

Transition Feasibility

1%

Skill Overlap

Low overlap — significant retraining needed for transition

0

Unique to Executive

0

Unique to File

Combined Protection Strategy

Regardless of which path you choose, focus on these protective factors

Fine Manipulation
Social Intelligence
Creativity
Regulatory Barriers
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