Loan Interviewers and Clerks
Interview loan applicants to elicit information; investigate applicants' backgrounds and verify references; prepare loan request papers; and forward findings, reports, and documents to appraisal department. Review loan papers to ensure completeness, and complete transactions between loan establishment, borrowers, and sellers upon approval of loan.
164,790 people do this job in the US. $50,020 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
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- 17%
- 0%
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, 5%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 81%. Today's estimate: 82%.
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 . 18 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interview loan applicants to obtain personal and financial data and to assist in completing applications.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 13% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Verify and examine information and accuracy of loan application and closing documents.Done daily by most who do it. | 9% | 33 min17 min to 1.3 h | 100%Half by now | |
| Calculate, review, and correct errors on interest, principal, payment, and closing costs, using computers or calculators.Done daily by most who do it. | 8% | 21 min8 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Schedule and conduct closings of mortgage transactions.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 8% | 1.3 h38 min to 2.5 h | 97%Half by now | |
| Prepare and type loan applications, closing documents, legal documents, letters, forms, government notices, and checks, using computers.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | 100%Half by now | |
| Check value of customer collateral to be held as loan security.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 25 min13 min to 1.1 h | 100%Half by now | |
| Record applications for loan and credit, loan information, and disbursements of funds, using computers.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 17 min8 min to 38 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Assemble and compile documents for loan closings, such as title abstracts, insurance forms, loan forms, and tax receipts.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 6% | 42 min25 min to 1.3 h | 100%Half by now | |
| Submit loan applications with recommendation for underwriting approval.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Contact credit bureaus, employers, and other sources to check applicants' credit and personal references.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 25 min13 min to 1.3 h | 100%Half by now | |
| Answer questions and advise customers regarding loans and transactions.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 13 min4 min to 25 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Review customer accounts to determine whether payments are made on time and that other loan terms are being followed.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 4% | 21 min8 min to 38 min | 100%Half by now |
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
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