Detectives and Criminal Investigators

Most exposed tasks

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

• Examine records and governmental agency files to find identifying data about suspects.84
• Examine records to locate links in chains of evidence or information.83
• Record progress of investigation, maintain informational files on suspects, and submit reports to commanding officer or magistrate to authorize warrants.80

Augmentable tasks

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

• Participate or assist in raids and arrests.59
• Secure deceased body and obtain evidence from it, preventing bystanders from tampering with it prior to medical examiner's arrival.58
• Prepare and serve search and arrest warrants.58

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 Detectives and Criminal Investigators in the most-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this high is about the mix: 12 of 20 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 8 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

• $93,790median wage
• 114,430employed
• 7,800annual openings
• -0.7%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.

• Private Detectives and Investigators 62
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 55
• Police Identification and Records Officers 66
• Intelligence Analysts 62
• Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts 60
• Coroners 67

FAQ — Detectives and Criminal Investigators

What does a score of 63 mean for a Detectives and Criminal Investigators?

It means that, weighted across the 20 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: Examine records and governmental agency files to find identifying data about suspects; Examine records to locate links in chains of evidence or information; Record progress of investigation, maintain informational files on suspects, and submit reports to commanding officer or magistrate to authorize warrants. 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.