Post office counter clerk
Also called mail service clerk, post office supervisor, mail services counter clerk
Post office counter clerks sell products and services at a post office. They assist customers with picking up and sending mail. Post office counter clerks also sell financial products.
What you'd do
Bank tellers and related clerks · ILO- Process customer cash deposits and withdrawals, cheques, transfers, bills, credit card payments, money orders, certified cheques and other related banking transactions
- Crediting and debiting clients' accounts
- Paying bills and making money transfers on clients' behalf
- Receiving mail, selling postage stamps and conducting other post office counter business such as bill payments, money transfers and related business
- Changing money from one currency to another, as requested by clients
- Making records of all transactions and reconciling them with cash balance
- Indoors
- On your feet most of the day
- Constant contact with people, including the public
- Some freedom to decide
- Usually 40 hours a week
- Deadlines most weeks
- Some repetitive tasks
Will there be jobs?
Average prospectsA typical number of jobs will need filling by 2035.
Solid: measured. Dashed: forecast.
What does it pay?
About averagePay depends a lot on the country: from about €1,000 a month (Bulgaria) to €5,000 (Luxembourg), before tax.
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Among clerical support workers in the EU, women earn 9% less per hour than men. Clerical support workers · Eurostat
What do I need to study?
Upper secondary or vocationalUpper secondary or vocational training in finance, banking and insurance is the usual route.
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Will AI change it?
SignificantlyAI could take on part of most tasks, but none fully.
Average task score 0.58 on a scale from 0 (AI can't do it) to 1 (AI could do it fully).
See the score for each of the 6 tasks
Based on what AI could technically do when assessed in 2025. It is not a forecast for a future year, and not a forecast of job losses. Scores for bank tellers and related clerks. Source: ILO (2025), adapted (credits).