Document Management Specialists
Implement and administer enterprise-wide document management systems and related procedures that allow organizations to capture, store, retrieve, share, and destroy electronic records and documents.
$116,580 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).
of the working time. Estimate.
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- 6%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 15%. Today's estimate: 22%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 23 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assist in the development of document or content classification taxonomies to facilitate information capture, search, and retrieval.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 10% | 1 work day4.2 h to 2.5 work days | 5%Half by Jun 2027 | |
| Implement electronic document processing, retrieval, and distribution systems in collaboration with other information technology specialists.Done yearly or less by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 10% | 2.1 work days6.7 h to 1 work week | 0%Half by Feb 2028 | |
| Develop, document, or maintain standards, best practices, or system usage procedures.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 10% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.3 work days | 19%Half by Mar 2027 | |
| Conduct needs assessments to identify document management requirements of departments or end users.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 9% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | 8%Half by Sep 2027 | |
| Assist in determining document management policies to facilitate efficient, legal, and secure access to electronic content.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 9% | 6.7 h3.3 h to 1.7 work days | 10%Half by Apr 2027 | |
| Document technical functions and specifications for new or proposed content management systems.Done yearly or less by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 8% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | 8%Half by Sep 2027 | |
| Prepare and record changes to official documents and confirm changes with legal and compliance management staff, including enterprise-wide records management staff.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 5% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | 46%Half by Oct 2026 | |
| Propose recommendations for improving content management system capabilities.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 5% | 3.3 h1.3 h to 1.3 work days | 32%Half by Jan 2027 | |
| Implement scanning or other automated data entry procedures, using imaging devices and document imaging software.Done yearly or less by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 4% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.3 work days | Stays with people | |
| Monitor regulatory activity to maintain compliance with records and document management laws.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 4% | 1.7 h50 min to 5 h | 76%Half by now | |
| Identify and classify documents or other electronic content according to characteristics such as security level, function, and metadata.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 3% | 50 min13 min to 3.3 h | 69%Half by now | |
| Assist in the assessment, acquisition, or deployment of new electronic document management systems.Done yearly or less by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 3% | 1.3 work days3.3 h to 2.5 work days | 3%Half by Sep 2027 |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
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Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025). Counts are for the broader BLS group this job sits in.
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