Automation index

How much of a Funeral director’s job can AI already do?

A form and an obituary come earlier. Collecting someone and looking after the family do not.

This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.

Task comparison

IS WORK OVER?

22%

AI can already do 22% of this job.

#330 / 633

Funeral director

Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.

The time saving for each task is estimated separately.

Task	Share	AI	Points
Paperwork, chapel, burial and cremation. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	40%	+6.4
Collection, thanatopraxy and care of the body. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	12%	+2.2
The family, the wake, and what is and is not possible. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	18%	+3.2
Notice, flowers, hearse and the minute-by-minute of the rite. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
Cemetery, times and suppliers. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
Dignity, legal times and owning the service. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	14%	+2.2
Total	100%		22%

Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low

IS WORK OVER?

31%

#32 / 633

Copy editor

Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.

The time saving for each task is estimated separately.

Task	Share	AI	Points
Spelling, agreement and consistency. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	52%	+9.4
Style, repetition and sentence rhythm. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	48%	+7.7
Queries to the author, grey areas and the house style. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
Second proofs, PDF and last-minute typos. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	22%	+4
Deadlines with publisher, layout and translation. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	18%	+2.9
Judgement, not over-rewriting, and the typo that remains. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	14%	+2.2
Total	100%		31%

Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low