Receptionists

$37k median pay1.0M US jobsHigh school diploma or equivalent

out of 10

AI-Powered

Many core tasks such as scheduling, answering phones, and data entry are highly susceptible to automation via AI voice agents and chatbots. While the role retains a physical component for greeting and security, the BLS already projects zero growth due to automation, and the digital nature of the administrative workload makes it highly exposed to further restructuring.

Task breakdown

AI can do now32%

AI can assist25%

Human domain42%

Based on 15 O*NET work activities for this occupation

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Tools built for this work

Microsoft 365 CopilotCopilot add-on $18/user/mo billed annually ($25.20 monthly); Business Standard with Copilot $23.50/user/mo annually ($28.20 monthly); Business Premium with Copilot $32/user/mo annually ($38.40 monthly)

Sits inside Outlook, Word, Excel, and Teams — summarizing long email threads, drafting documents from a prompt, analyzing spreadsheets in plain language, and writing up meetings with action items.

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Slang.aiCore $399/location/mo; Premium $599/location/mo; Enterprise custom; add-ons: bilingual Spanish $99/mo, private events $199/moEmployer-deployed

Answers the business phone around the clock — taking reservations, answering hours and directions questions, routing VIP callers, and texting confirmations.

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3 ways to level up

Automate your reporting pipeline

Connect your data sources to AI-powered reporting. Generate weekly summaries, dashboards, or client updates automatically. Focus your time on analysis, not assembly.

Moves you from 7 → 8

Deploy AI agents for routine decisions

Identify decisions that follow clear rules (scheduling, triage, categorization) and set up AI agents to handle them. You review exceptions, not every case.

Frees 5+ hours per week

Train your team on AI-first workflows

Run a 1-hour workshop showing your team how you use AI. Share your best prompts and workflows. The compounding effect of team-wide adoption far exceeds individual use.

Multiplies your impact across the team

Estimated time savings

8.4hours per week

Conservative estimate based on AI exposure score and a 40-hour work week. Assumes 30% of exposed tasks produce real time savings today.

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AI Score measures how much AI opportunity your role has. Higher scores mean more potential for AI-assisted productivity gains. Scores are derived from O*NET task data across 342 occupations. This is a starting point, not a verdict. Tool recommendations are based on industry fit and are not endorsements.

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