Collecting information on job tasks—an instrument to measure tasks required at the workplace in a multi-topic survey

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 1 Categories of workplace tasks according to Autor et al. (2003)

	Routine tasks	Nonroutine tasks
	Analytic and interactive tasks
Examples	• Record-keeping	• Forming/testing hypotheses
	• Calculation	• Medical diagnosis
	• Repetitive customer service (e.g., bank teller)	• Legal writing
		• Persuading/selling
		• Managing others
Computer impact	Substantial substitution	Strong complementarities
	Manual tasks
Examples	• Picking or sorting	• Janitorial services
Examples	• Repetitive assembly	• Truck driving
Computer impact	Substantial substitution	Limited opportunities for substitution or complementarity