AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 13-1041.00
Will AI replace Compliance Officers?
Compliance Officers: AI can already handle 15 of 16 tasks; the work mostly needs a frontier-tier model.
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Every task, scored
The 16 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Compliance Officers, from most to least exposed. 15 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.
| Task | AI exposure | Evidence | Model tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advise licensees or other individuals or groups concerning licensing, permit, or passport regulations. | Observed | Frontier | |
| Visit establishments to verify that valid licenses or permits are displayed and that licensing standards are being upheld. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Verify that all firm and regulatory policies and procedures have been documented, implemented, and communicated. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Issue licenses to individuals meeting standards. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Collect fees for licenses. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Warn violators of infractions or penalties. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Administer oral, written, road, or flight tests to license applicants. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Score tests and observe equipment operation and control to rate ability of applicants. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Report law or regulation violations to appropriate boards or agencies. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Prepare correspondence to inform concerned parties of licensing decisions or appeals processes. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Confer with or interview officials, technical or professional specialists, or applicants to obtain information or to clarify facts relevant to licensing decisions. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Identify compliance issues that require follow-up or investigation. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Keep informed regarding pending industry changes, trends, or best practices. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Evaluate applications, records, or documents to gather information about eligibility or liability issues. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Provide assistance to internal or external auditors in compliance reviews. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Prepare reports of activities, evaluations, recommendations, or decisions. | Observed | Efficient |
Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 2 of 16 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 14 of 16. Importance is O*NET's 1 to 5 rating of how central the task is. Model tier is the lowest tier that can do the task under the published rubric; "No tier" marks hands-on work.
The model tier this role needs
A frontier-tier model or lower covers 100% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 100% of the work is something AI can address at some tier.
Efficient, standard and frontier tiers come from the JobRoute model tier reference. The recommended tier is the lowest one that covers 80% of the work AI can address. How the method works.
Wages, employment and outlook
- US employment
- 417,070
- Median annual wage
- $80,730
- Middle half of earners
- $61,280 to $109,010
- Projected change, 2024 to 2034
- +3.0%
Employment and wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Projection: BLS Employment Projections 2024 to 2034. BLS publishes these figures by SOC code, so O*NET occupations that share a SOC code show the same figures.
Adjacent roles
The occupations that reuse the most of this role's skills, with the usual time to move. These are the first places to look when you plan to redeploy or retrain people in this role.
- Environmental Compliance Inspectors 77% skill overlap, about 8 months to move Exposure61
- Compliance Managers 72% skill overlap, about 10 months to move Exposure57
- Financial Examiners 65% skill overlap, about 13 months to move Exposure61
- Agricultural Inspectors 63% skill overlap, about 13 months to move Exposure42
- Government Property Inspectors and Investigators 61% skill overlap, about 14 months to move Exposure38
Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.
Questions about Compliance Officers and AI
Will AI replace Compliance Officers?
AI already handles 15 of the 16 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 73 out of 100. JobRoute scores tasks, not whole jobs, so the score shows how much of the work changes rather than whether the job disappears. BLS projects employment to change by +3.0% from 2024 to 2034.
What is the AI exposure of Compliance Officers?
73 out of 100 on JobRoute's task exposure measure, the importance-weighted average of the role's O*NET task scores. Higher means more of the work is AI-doable today. 2 of the 16 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 14 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.
Which Compliance Officers tasks can AI already do?
The tasks with the highest exposure are: Advise licensees or other individuals or groups concerning licensing, permit, or passport regulations; Visit establishments to verify that valid licenses or permits are displayed and that licensing standards are being upheld; Verify that all firm and regulatory policies and procedures have been documented, implemented, and communicated. They are three of the 15 tasks that reach 60 or more.
What AI model tier does this role need?
A frontier-tier model or lower covers 100% of the role's importance-weighted task work. JobRoute assigns each task the lowest tier that can do it under a published rubric and recommends the lowest tier that covers 80% of the work AI can address.
How many people work as Compliance Officers, and what do they earn?
417,070 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $80,730 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of +3.0% from 2024 to 2034.
How to cite
Data version 2026-11-02, JobRoute method v1.0.0. Download all occupations or this occupation as JSON. Methodology.
JobRoute (2026). AI exposure: Compliance Officers. Data version 2026-11-02, method v1.0.0. Built on O*NET 30.3, BLS OEWS May 2025 and the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026). CC BY 4.0. https://www.jobroute.ai/jobs/compliance-officers
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