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?
Funeral director
22%
AI can already do 22% of this job.
#330 / 633
View rankingFuneral director
Where the time goes
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.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
Collection, thanatopraxy and care of the body.EstimateNo 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.EstimateNo 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.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Cemetery, times and suppliers.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Dignity, legal times and owning the service.EstimateNo 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
Skills and activities
- arrange funerals
- file death paperwork
- collect the deceased
- support the family
- thanatopraxy
- run the wake
- arrange cremation
- notices
Sources for this job· O*NET 39-4031.00· ESCO/ISCO 5163
IS WORK OVER?
Historian
25%
#227 / 633
View rankingHistorian
Where the time goes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Search, transcribe and sort sources.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 20% | 45% | +9 |
Draft chapters, cards and bibliography.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 38% | +6.8 |
Archive work and source criticism.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 15% | +2.7 |
Argue the thesis and debate peers.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 12% | +1.9 |
Teaching, outreach and museums.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 16% | +2.2 |
Choose the cut and the question.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 14% | +2 |
| Total | 100% | 25% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- Search, transcribe and sort sources
- Draft chapters, cards and bibliography
- Archive work and source criticism
- Argue the thesis and debate peers
- Teaching, outreach and museums
- Choose the cut and the question
- historiador
- historian
Sources for this job· O*NET 19-3093.00· ESCO/ISCO 2633