Will AI replace Protective Service Workers, All Other?

What this score means

Protective Service Workers, All Other leans toward the safer end for Public Sector / Government. Parts of the role touch tasks AI is getting good at, but the core still depends on hands on work or judgment that resists automation. At 25 out of 100 it sits close to the Public Sector / Government average of 23. Across the 3 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 5 to 41, so the score is a weighted consensus rather than any single figure.

The number is a consensus estimate for the typical version of the role, built from published academic and industry research scored occupation by occupation. It is not a prediction about any individual. How scoring works

The research behind this score

This baseline aggregates 3 research sources that scored Protective Service Workers, All Other for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

• 01Anthropic Economic Index 2026 - AI Task Exposure · 2026Anthropic
• 02Working with AI: Measuring the Applicability of Generative AI to Occupations · 2025Tomlinson, Jaffe et al., Microsoft Research (2025)
• 03AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023Felten, Raj, Seamans (2023)

Common questions

How likely is AI to replace Protective Service Workers, All Other?

Published research puts Protective Service Workers, All Other at 25 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the lower risk band. The number is a weighted consensus of 3 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.

Do researchers agree on the risk for Protective Service Workers, All Other?

Only partly. Individual estimates for Protective Service Workers, All Other run from 5 to 41 out of 100 across the 3 sources behind this score, so the single number smooths over real disagreement. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in it.

Which public sector / government roles face similar AI exposure?

The closest published public sector / government roles to Protective Service Workers, All Other by score are Bailiffs (25/100), First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers (25/100), and Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (25/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.

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More public sector / government occupations

• Parking Enforcement Workers27/100
• Security Guards27/100
• School Bus Monitors26/100
• Bailiffs25/100
• First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers25/100
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers25/100
• Police Identification and Records Officers24/100
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators23/100