Production planning clerk

#83Declining

5/5

Key facts

−1.3%jobs, 2025 to 2035

United States

This job is declining in the United States. AI exposure: moderate according to the ILO, very high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: −1.3% (BLS). Future-proof jobs use similar skills: see "What next?".

The job

Production clerks (ISCO 4322). Production clerks compute quantities of materials required at specified dates for manufacturing, construction and similar production programmes, and prepare and check production operation schedules.

Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.

11 job titles linked to this page

Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.

assembly line co-ordinator
assembly line coordinator
machinery assembly co-ordinator
machinery assembly coordinator
machinery manufacturing co-ordinator
machinery manufacturing manager
machinery production co-ordinator
machinery production inspector
manufacturing co-ordinator
production line co-ordinator
production line coordinator

What next?

Future-proof jobs that draw on skills close to this one. They are leads to explore, not an assessment of your profile.

Indicative matches: at launch they will come from the skills listed in official occupational directories.

Gauges

Risk 5/5 · Very high

AI exposureVery highBLS AI exposure category "very high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (medium)

Employment outlookDeclineBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Production, planning, and expediting clerks)

Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job

PayAverageBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $59,650

EntryQuickBLS, typical education needed for entry

No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared

Sources

AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics

Checked on 27 October 2026.