Jobs / Office and administrative support / 43-3061.00
Procurement Clerks
Compile information and records to draw up purchase orders for procurement of materials and services.
- US jobs
- 55,810
- Median wage
- $50,580 a year
- Job family
- Office and administrative support
Can agents do the work of procurement clerks?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Office and administrative support: Most tasks (no change in 12 months)
Agents complete 60% or more of the tasks (or projects) on two direct benchmarks from independent institutions.
Evidence: OSWorld-Verified, 90.2% of tasks completed; SpreadsheetBench, 83.1% of tasks completed.
9% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 13%Evaluate the quality or accuracy of dataNot measured
- 8%Prepare documentation for contracts, applications, or permitsNot measured
- 7%Maintain operational recordsMeasured
- 6%Purchase goods or servicesNot measured
- 6%Monitor resources or inventoriesNot measured
- 6%Determine values or prices of goods or servicesNot measured
- 6%Direct organizational operations, activities, or proceduresNot measured
- 6%Provide information to guests, clients, or customersNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in office and administrative support, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
- 45.9%Claude Opus 4.6 · 16 Mar 2026Emerging
- OSWorld-Verifiedby HKU, Salesforce AI Research, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Waterloo90.2%Intelligence-Indeed Agent · 25 Jul 2026Saturated
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
- 54.5%arito · 13 Sep 2026Emerging
Context only
These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.
- 42.9%TTE-MatrixAgent + DeepSeek-V3.2 · 10 Nov 2025Emerging
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Track the status of requisitions, contracts, and orders.
- Perform buying duties when necessary.
- Prepare purchase orders and send copies to suppliers and to departments originating requests.
- Calculate costs of orders, and charge or forward invoices to appropriate accounts.
- Compare prices, specifications, and delivery dates to determine the best bid among potential suppliers.
- Approve and pay bills.
- Maintain knowledge of all organizational and governmental rules affecting purchases, and provide information about these rules to organization staff members and to vendors.
- Determine if inventory quantities are sufficient for needs, ordering more materials when necessary.
- Check shipments when they arrive to ensure that orders have been filled correctly and that goods meet specifications.
- Contact suppliers to schedule or expedite deliveries and to resolve shortages, missed or late deliveries, and other problems.
- Prepare, maintain, and review purchasing files, reports and price lists.
- Review requisition orders to verify accuracy, terminology, and specifications.
Other job titles for this occupation (26)
Buyer · Procurement Assistant · Procurement Officer · Procurement Specialist · Purchasing Assistant · Purchasing Associate · Purchasing Clerk · Purchasing Coordinator · Purchasing Specialist · Warehouse Clerk · Departmental Buyer · Expeditor · Film Replacement Orderer · Procurement Agent · Procurement Analyst · Procurement Clerk · Procurement Coordinator · Procurement Representative · Procurement Technician · Purchaser · Purchasing Administrative Assistant · Purchasing Administrator Assistant (Purchasing Admin Assistant) · Purchasing Analyst · Purchasing Department Clerk · Purchasing Expeditor · Supply Coordinator