Customs and Border Protection Officers

Most exposed tasks

Highest structured exposure values in this role’s task mix — the work AI systems can already do most of.

• Record and report job-related activities, findings, transactions, violations, discrepancies, and decisions.77
• Inspect cargo, baggage, and personal articles entering or leaving U.S. for compliance with revenue laws and U.S. customs regulations.68
• Collect samples of merchandise for examination, appraisal, or testing.65

Augmentable tasks

Work where AI assists rather than replaces — the productivity frontier of this role.

• Institute civil and criminal prosecutions and cooperate with other law enforcement agencies in the investigation and prosecution of those in violation of immigration or customs laws.53
• Investigate applications for duty refunds and petition for remission or mitigation of penalties when warranted.52

Most durable tasks

Lowest exposure — typically judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability. This is the human moat.

The current data release does not distinguish durable tasks for this role.

Task exposure values and classifications come from the versioned data release — they are structured data, not model output. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 63 puts Customs and Border Protection Officers in the most-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this high is about the mix: 9 of 11 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 2 augmentable, and 0 durable. The useful question isn’t “will AI take this job” — it’s which tasks go first, which get faster, and where to reposition time. That’s what the personalized report maps against your actual week.

One next move: audit how much of your week sits in the exposed tasks above — then shift time toward the durable set or investigate the adjacent roles below.

Lower-exposure adjacent roles

Shown only when the target is at least 10 points lower under the same score version and skill overlap is at least 50%. These are adjacent roles with lower task exposure — not guaranteed “safe careers”.

Labor-market context

• $76,210median wage
• 670,520employed
• 53,700annual openings
• +3.1%projected growth

Context only — labor statistics are not inputs to the exposure score. See methodology.

Related roles

Adjacent by skills or family — no exposure claim implied.

• Customs Brokers 75
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators 63
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 55
• Compliance Officer 54
• Transportation Security Screeners 54
• Private Detectives and Investigators 62

FAQ — Customs and Border Protection Officers

What does a score of 63 mean for a Customs and Border Protection Officers?

It means that, weighted across the 11 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 63 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the most-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.

Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?

The highest-exposure tasks are: Record and report job-related activities, findings, transactions, violations, discrepancies, and decisions; Inspect cargo, baggage, and personal articles entering or leaving U.S. for compliance with revenue laws and U.S. customs regulations; Collect samples of merchandise for examination, appraisal, or testing. Exposure is scored per task from structured data, not generated by a language model.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The current data release does not distinguish durable tasks for this role.

Is this score personalized to me?

No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.