10 White-Collar Jobs That AI Will Wipe Out in the Next 12 Months

1. Data Entry Clerks

AI bots with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) now process documents faster and cheaper.Banks, hospitals, and businesses already use AI to automate data entry.

Current Employment in India: ~800,000

2. Administrative Assistants

Current Employment in India: 10000 - 100000

AI personal assistants like Microsoft Copilot and Google Duet handle scheduling, emails, and meetings.Companies need fewer human secretaries.

3. Accounting & Bookkeeping Clerks

Current Employment in India: ~1 million

AI accounting tools automate bookkeeping, audits, and financial reporting. AI flags anomalies, prepares reports, and reduces human involvement.

4. Human Resources

Current Employment in India: ~100,000+

AI tools automate resume screening, interviews, onboarding, and employee queries. HR bots and analytics cut down manual HR work.

5. Customer Service Representatives

Current Employment in India: 2–3 million

AI chatbots handle FAQs, complaints, and support queries at scale. Voice AI now manages phone-based customer service.

6. Telemarketing & Telesales Agents

Current Employment in India: 10000 - 100000

AI cold-callers are making thousands of sales calls per minute. AI mimics human tone, pitches products, and follows scripts.

7. Content Writers & Copywriters

Current Employment in India: 10000 - 100000

Generative AI (like ChatGPT) creates blogs, ads, social media posts instantly. Freelance writing jobs have already fallen by 30%.

8. Graphic Designers & Illustrators

Current Employment in India: ~30,000+

AI image generators like DALL-E and Midjourney create stunning graphics in seconds. Basic design tasks no longer need human designers.

9. Paralegals & Legal Assistants

Current Employment in India: ~10,000+

AI legal tools summarize case files, review contracts, and conduct legal research. Firms need fewer junior legal staff.

10. Junior Software Developers & QA Engineers

Current Employment in India: ~5 million 

AI tools like GitHub Copilot write and debug code faster than humans. Google now generates 25% of its new code via AI.

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