Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance

Most exposed tasks

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

• Record and maintain files or records of customer requests, work or services performed, charges, expenses, inventory, or other dispatch information.98
• Monitor personnel or equipment locations and utilization to coordinate service and schedules.98
• Arrange for necessary repairs to restore service and schedules.97

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 86 puts Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance in the most-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this high is about the mix: 12 of 12 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 0 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

• $50,340median wage
• 202,810employed
• 18,500annual openings
• -0.9%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.

• Public Safety Telecommunicators 87
• Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 80
• Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors 65
• First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 52
• Power Distributors and Dispatchers 72
• Procurement Clerks 86

FAQ — Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance

What does a score of 86 mean for a Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance?

It means that, weighted across the 12 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 86 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 maintain files or records of customer requests, work or services performed, charges, expenses, inventory, or other dispatch information; Monitor personnel or equipment locations and utilization to coordinate service and schedules; Arrange for necessary repairs to restore service and schedules. 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.