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ForecastCognitive automation2026-08-27
Data entry keyer employment will fall 25.5 percent from 2025 to 2035, from 131,800 to 98,200, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated, without giving a cause
Data entry clerkoccupation page →
Event date / reported
2026-08-27
Evidence stage
ForecastA named person with standing publicly predicted something, on a date, in an attributable statement. It is recorded so that who said what, and when, stays checkable — and it never moves a task's assessment, because a prediction is not an observation. Its value arrives later: the record sits on the same page as the evidence about that occupation, so anyone reading the forecast reads the record of what happened next beside it. That is the reckoning; this site publishes no verdict on whether a forecast came true.
Tasks this bears on
Keying data from documents
Typing data from paper forms, scans and statements into systems.
Automating✓ Evidence-backed
Where this applies
United States. The projections table lists data entry keyers (43-9021) at 131,800 jobs in 2025 and 98,200 in 2035, a change of −33,600 or −25.5 percent, with about 7,700 openings a year. The table gives no reason for the decline; the projection counts jobs in one country and does not attribute the change to AI.
What this means
A steep projected decline, about a quarter of the jobs in ten years. The projection does not say why, so it tells you the direction, not the cause.
What it does not yet show
A projection with no stated cause; it can be wrong, and it counts jobs, not tasks.
What you can check
Open BLS Employment Projections Table 1.2 and find the row "Data entry keyers" (43-9021).
Does it change the assessment?
No — and this stage does not move it either. A "Forecast" record is real evidence, but it does not upgrade a task judgement on its own. The 1 linked judgement above stand where they were.
Source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Employment Projections, Table 1.2: Occupational projections, 2025–35, and worker characteristics, 2025 (Last modified date: August 27, 2026) · verified 2026-09-30 · Claude (VOLO agent) · interpreted 2026-09-30 · Claude (VOLO agent)
This is a forecast, not an observation
Who said it: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections (2025–35)
By when it should be checkable: 2035: the projection can be checked against employment counts for that year
VOLO records who predicted what, and when. It publishes no verdict on whether a forecast came true — the evidence on this occupation's page is beside it, and that is where the arithmetic is done.
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