Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
Weigh, measure, and check materials, supplies, and equipment for the purpose of keeping relevant records. Duties are primarily clerical by nature. Includes workers who collect and keep record of samples of products or materials.
53,300 people do this job in the US. $46,380 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 21%
- 2%
- 77%
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, 4%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 21%. Today's estimate: 21%.
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspect products and examination records to determine the number of defects per worker and the reasons for examiners' rejections.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 18% | 38 min17 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Document quantity, quality, type, weight, test result data, and value of materials or products to maintain shipping, receiving, and production records and files.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 9% | 13 min4 min to 38 min | 99%Half by now | |
| Examine products or materials, parts, subassemblies, and packaging for damage, defects, or shortages, using specification sheets, gauges, and standards charts.Done daily by most who do it. | 9% | 17 min8 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Maintain, monitor, and clean work areas, such as recycling collection sites, drop boxes, counters and windows, and areas around scale houses.Done daily by most who do it. | 8% | 25 min8 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Weigh or measure materials, equipment, or products to maintain relevant records, using volume meters, scales, rules, or calipers.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 7% | 8 min3 min to 25 min | Stays with people | |
| Compare product labels, tags, or tickets, shipping manifests, purchase orders, and bills of lading to verify accuracy of shipment contents, quality specifications, or weights.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 7% | 13 min4 min to 38 min | 99%Half by now | |
| Remove from stock products or loads not meeting quality standards, and notify supervisors or appropriate departments of discrepancies or shortages.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 13 min4 min to 33 min | Stays with people | |
| Unload or unpack incoming shipments.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 25 min8 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Fill orders for products and samples, following order tickets, and forward or mail items.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 21 min8 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Sort products or materials into predetermined sequences or groupings for display, packing, shipping, or storage.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 17 min7 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Store samples of finished products in labeled cartons and record their location.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 13 min4 min to 25 min | Stays with people | |
| Collect product samples and prepare them for laboratory analysis or testing.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 17 min8 min to 38 min | Stays with people |
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.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers28% now, 30% by 2028
- Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks43% now, 43% by 2028
- Packers and Packagers, Hand7% now, 7% by 2028
- Machine Feeders and Offbearers5% now, 5% by 2028
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand11% now, 11% by 2028
- Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders2% now, 2% by 2028
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
Where the most of these jobs are
The metro areas with the most people in it (BLS, May 2025).