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Protective Service Workers, All Other

Protective Service · SOC 33-9099

5.7% AI Exposure — Medium
$42,540
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
35,400
Proj. Annual Openings
81,500
Employment (OEWS 2025)
-5%/yr
Empl. growth (2021–2025)
94/100
AI Resiliency Score

AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.

Decision card

Career Evidence Passport

SOC 33-9099 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.

Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
SOC exposure
5.7%
Medium · Anthropic AEI
Automation friction
48/100
Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
Wages
$42,540
No H-1B offered-wage row for this SOC.
Projected openings
35,400
BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +2.5%.
Observed/proxy demand
FY— certified LCAs; 34,174 postings in 2025.
  • 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

AI Exposure5.7%
AI Resiliency94/100
Exposure BandMedium
Sector Avg. Exposure2.6%

Across AI measures

Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.

36.3%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic5.7%
AI capability · OpenAI37.8%
AI ability · AIOE65.4%

AI could do ~37.8% of this role but only ~5.7% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.

Top Skills

1.Critical Thinking
2.Active Listening
3.Speaking
4.Monitoring
5.Social Perceptiveness

H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand

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No H-1B certified LCA filings recorded for this occupation in FY2016–FY2025.

O*NET occupation profile

What this work involves

All protective service workers not listed separately.

Representative Tasks

    Detailed Work Activities

      Employment Projections & AI Exposure

      15
      Occupations Shown
      1.7%
      Avg AI Exposure
      3
      Bright Outlook
      Horizontal bar chart showing occupations with the highest projected annual openings. Each bar length represents annual projected openings. Color uses a gradient from violet (lower) to cyan (higher). Summary statistics are shown above the chart.

      Employment & Wage Trend

      BLS OEWS, 2019–2025


      Occupation Employment & Wage TrendMulti-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 33-9099: 2021 — employment: 100,110, median wage: $38,210; 2022 — employment: 93,840, median wage: $36,460; 2023 — employment: 82,500, median wage: $39,360; 2025 — employment: 81,500, median wage: $42,540.

      Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.

      Sector Comparison

      MetricThis CareerSector Average
      AI Exposure5.7%2.6%
      OutlookAverage19% Bright
      Median Salary$42,540N/A
      AI Resiliency94/100N/A