Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
Protective Service · SOC 33-3051
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 33-3051 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
- SOC exposure
- 12.3%
- Medium · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 48/100
- Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $76,210
- No H-1B offered-wage row for this SOC.
- Projected openings
- 52,900
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +3.1%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- —
- FY— certified LCAs; 56,036 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
- H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
- Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
- Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
- This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.
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AI Exposure Analysis
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
AI could do ~35.1% of this role but only ~12.3% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.
Top Skills
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →No H-1B certified LCA filings recorded for this occupation in FY2016–FY2025.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
Maintain order and protect life and property by enforcing local, tribal, state, or federal laws and ordinances. Perform a combination of the following duties: patrol a specific area; direct traffic; issue traffic summonses; investigate accidents; apprehend and arrest suspects, or serve legal processes of courts. Includes police officers working at educational institutions.
Common titles: Deputy, Deputy Sheriff, Law Enforcement Officer, Patrol Deputy, Patrol Officer, Peace Officer
Representative Tasks
- •Identify, pursue, and arrest suspects and perpetrators of criminal acts.
- •Provide for public safety by maintaining order, responding to emergencies, protecting people and property, enforcing motor vehicle and criminal laws, and promoting good community relations.
- •Record facts to prepare reports that document incidents and activities.
- •Render aid to accident survivors and other persons requiring first aid for physical injuries.
- •Review facts of incidents to determine if criminal act or statute violations were involved.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Apprehend criminal suspects.
- •Respond to emergencies to provide assistance.
- •Maintain public order or security.
- •Prepare investigation or incident reports.
- •Administer first aid.
Tools & Technologies
Employment Projections & AI Exposure
Employment & Wage Trend
BLS OEWS, 2019–2025
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 12.3% | 2.6% |
| Outlook | Average | 19% Bright |
| Median Salary | $76,210 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 88/100 | N/A |