Shipping clerk
AI Exposure Rank
55/100
Range 45–59/100 across source-weight sensitivity checks
Shipping clerk has an AI Exposure Rank of 55/100, meaning its work is more exposed to current AI capabilities than approximately 55% of Singapore occupations. The evidence currently points to workflow redesign; this is a relative rank, not a probability of job loss.
Clerical Support Workers·SGD 3,320/mo (2,600–4,218)·~2.3K workers in SG·Updated 2026-07-17
Relative AI exposure, not a prediction of job loss. Hiring, wages and role design depend on many forces this rank does not forecast.
How This Rank Is Built
The source percentiles are combined using the displayed reliability weights, then ranked against all 562 Singapore occupations. This is not a percentage of tasks and not a job-loss probability.
Likely job pathway
Workflow redesign
Current demand context
Mixed current demand
Pathway and demand are reported beside the exposure rank. Current demand does not change the rank.
The evidence behind this occupation's AI exposure, with human-work and demand context shown separately. How this works
Tasks AI can handle
With 55% AI task overlap (based on Felten AIOE, Anthropic Economic Index, Eloundou GPT exposure, and ILO occupational exposure), the Shipping clerk tasks most exposed include: data entry, invoice processing, appointment scheduling, document filing, and standard correspondence drafting.
- • Examine shipment contents and compare with records, such as manifests, invoices, or orders, to verify accuracy.
- • Requisition and store shipping materials and supplies to maintain inventory of stock.
- • Prepare documents, such as work orders, bills of lading, or shipping orders, to route materials.
O*NET tasks for this occupation with the most observed Claude usage (Anthropic task data).
What AI can't do here
At 17% human bottleneck protection, the tasks that remain hardest to automate for Shipping clerk include: exception handling for non-standard requests, institutional knowledge of internal processes, coordinating across departments, and managing sensitive information.
Main insulation channels: Non-routine work + High-stakes decisions — the work-context dimensions behind this occupation's human bottleneck.
Skills to focus on
Sources: Felten AIOE (2021), Anthropic Economic Index (2026), Eloundou GPT Exposure (Science, 2024), ILO GenAI (2025), Pizzinelli et al. bottleneck model. Full methodology.
From exposure to employment
What could change the employment outcome?
AI capability is only the starting point. Adoption, task design, human oversight, demand, mobility and evidence quality determine how exposure may resolve in practice.
Workplace adoption
Leading sectors represented
Some listed industries have MOM sector adoption evidence; observed-sector average 57.5%.
Task structure
Task evidence limited
100% weighted task match · 0% effective coverage
Human advantage
Coordination and judgment still matter
At 17% human bottleneck protection, the tasks that remain hardest to automate for Shipping clerk include: exception handling for non-standard requests, institutional knowledge of internal processes, coordinating across departments, and managing sensitive information.
Hiring and demand
3.2% vacancy rate · 2026 Q1
Clerical, sales and service vacancies recovered slightly from Q4 but remained well below a year earlier. Hiring turnover slowed, retrenchment incidence stayed low, and six-month re-entry improved. In 2025, this broad occupation group had 1.9% time-related underemployment and 12.1% non-permanent employment. Across the published male and female series, CPI-adjusted median income changed +0.1% to +3.9% from 2018 to 2023.
Career transitions
Land transport clerk
moderate modeled transition; outcomes still depend on skills, wages and openings.
Evidence strength
medium confidence
4 exposure sources · sensitivity 45–59/100 across source-weight sensitivity checks.
These lenses are reported separately and do not alter AI Exposure Rank. Labour-market figures describe a broad official occupation cluster, not this SSOC occupation alone.
Singapore Now
Current labour market conditions and how they affect this role.
Cooling, but not collapsing. Vacancies and re-entry are softer, yet retrenchment remains low and hiring still exceeds resignations.
Vacancy
3.2%
↓ 20.0% YoY
Hiring
2.1%
vs 1.4% resign
Retrenchment
0.7
per 1,000 · low
Re-entry
68%
find work in 12mo· -10.5pp
Clerical, Sales & Service Workers · 2026 Q1
Top Industries
Industry vacancy overlays use the latest published detailed cross-tab, which can lag the main labour monitor.
What You Can Do
Shipping clerk has some offset potential, but it depends on transition pathways holding up in practice and on workers clearing the main switching frictions.
Published transition support
Related roles you could transition to
Similarity-basedCompare within Clerical Support Workers
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More exposed than approximately 54% of occupations · V8 AI Exposure Rank· GCE O-Level / Secondary
Raw scores
AIOE 0.223 · θ 0.629 · C-AIOE 0.191
Stability
stable · Optimistic 32% · Pessimistic 43%
Score range (best/worst case)
Exposure sensitivity 44–66% · Rank sensitivity 45–59/100 across source-weight sensitivity checks
Scoring basis
V8 AI Exposure Rank. A relative Singapore occupation index. It ranks AI task exposure; it is not a probability of job loss or a percentage of tasks.
Wage range (SGD/mo)
25th 2,600 · Median 3,320 · 75th 4,218
Evidence & sources
Data matching
direct · SSOC 43231
Real-world AI usage: -2% vs estimated
Data quality
medium evidence · 4 exposure sources · direct mapping
100% weighted task match · 0% effective coverage
AI overlap by data source
Weights: aioe 24% · anthropic 26% · eloundou 25% · ilo 26%
Conflicting data signals
Tools & offset factors
What helps
- Nearby moves and published transition support look reasonably strong.
What could slow it down
- Current demand support is thin, so offsets may take longer to show up.
Worker profile & local context
- Vacancy rate is 3.2% and rose by 0.1 points from last quarter.
- Hiring read: recruitment is running above resignation (2.1% vs 1.4%).
- Retrenchment was low at 0.7 per 1,000 employees.
- 68% of retrenched workers re-entered employment within 12 months.
- Employer pressure is moderate, based on 3 captured Singapore-relevant company signals through 2025-06-18.
Worker profile
Gender mix
37% male / 63% femalePublished Singapore worker composition for the detailed occupation family 43 Numerical & Material-Recording Clerks.
Employment structure
Employee-heavy99% employees, 1% employers or self-employed workers.
Work arrangement
Mostly full-time13% part-time and 87% full-time in 2025.
Age profile
Older-skewing16% aged 15 to 29, 35% aged 30 to 49, and 49% aged 50 or older.
Qualification mix
Mixed qualificationsSecondary 29%; Diploma / professional qualification 28%.
Gross wage by sex
Female median 6% higherPublished June 2024 gross wage medians: male $3,214, female $3,394.
Where this work is concentrated
Top planning areas
Jurong West, Tampines, Woodlands22% of workers in this occupation group live in these three planning areas.
Residential concentration
Moderately clustered35% live across the top five planning areas in the 2020 Census.
Commute pattern
Longer commutesEstimated average commute 39.7 minutes. 38% take 46 minutes or more.
Role profile
How this role's work breaks down across key dimensions. This is a general profile, not an individual measurement.
General role profile on a 0–100 scale. These are modelling inputs, not measurements of an individual job or worker.
How this changes by career stage
Career stage can change the task mix and human context. These directional profiles are illustrative, not occupation-level forecasts of hiring or displacement.
Frequently asked questions
Will AI replace Shipping clerk?
Shipping clerk has an AI Exposure Rank of 55/100, meaning its work is more exposed to current AI capabilities than approximately 55% of Singapore occupations. The evidence currently points to workflow redesign; this is a relative rank, not a probability of job loss. AI Exposure Rank: 55/100 (Moderate). Median wage: SGD 3,320/month.
What is the AI exposure rank for Shipping clerk?
Shipping clerk has an AI Exposure Rank of 55/100, rated Moderate. It ranks higher than approximately 55% of Singapore occupations for exposure to current AI capabilities; it is not a job-loss probability.
What career transitions are available for Shipping clerk?
Shipping clerk has modeled transition pathways to related occupations. The strongest adjacent pathway is Stock records clerk, based on skill and wage similarity (model-estimated). Transition scoring accounts for wage preservation, training ease, and destination quality.
How does Shipping clerk salary compare in the live market?
Shipping clerk earns a median gross wage of SGD 3,320/month in the live market (25th-75th percentile: SGD 2,600-4,218). This is 26% below median across all 562 scored occupations, and 4% above group median within Clerical Support Workers occupations.