AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 33-9094.00
Will AI replace School Bus Monitors?
School Bus Monitors: AI does not yet handle any of the role's 18 tasks; the work mostly needs an efficient-tier model.
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Every task, scored
The 18 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for School Bus Monitors, from most to least exposed. None reaches 60, the level at which AI already handles a task.
| Task | AI exposure | Evidence | Model tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talk to children's parents or guardians about problematic behaviors, emotional or developmental problems, or related issues. | Observed | Standard | |
| Monitor for trains at railroad crossings and signal the bus driver when it is safe to proceed. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Announce routes or stops. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Assist children with disabilities or children with psychological, emotional, or behavioral issues with boarding and exiting the school bus. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Buckle seatbelts or fasten wheelchair tie-down straps to secure passengers for transportation. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Direct students boarding and exiting the school bus. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Direct students evacuating the bus during safety drills. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Escort young children across roads or highways. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Evacuate students from the school bus in emergency situations. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Open and close school bus doors for students. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Prevent or defuse altercations between students. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Respond to students' questions, requests, or complaints. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Monitor the conduct of students to maintain discipline and safety. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Clean school bus interiors by picking up waste, wiping down windows, or vacuuming. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Guide the driver when the bus is moving in reverse gear. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Operate a wheelchair lift to load or unload wheelchairs. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Report delays, accidents, or other traffic and transportation situations to dispatchers or other bus drivers, using phones or mobile two-way radios. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Write and submit reports that include data such as the number of passengers or trips, hours worked, mileage driven, or fuel consumed. | Estimated | No tier |
Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 1 of 18 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 17 of 18. 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
An efficient-tier model or lower covers 61% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 72% of the work is something AI can address at some tier, and 28% is hands-on.
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
- 78,420
- Median annual wage
- $35,100
- Middle half of earners
- $31,760 to $37,760
- Projected change, 2024 to 2034
- -2.7%
Employment and wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Projection: BLS Employment Projections 2024 to 2034.
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.
- Bus Drivers, School 77% skill overlap, about 8 months to move Exposure16
- Passenger Attendants 60% skill overlap, about 15 months to move Exposure27
- Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity 59% skill overlap, about 15 months to move Exposure20
- Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education 56% skill overlap, about 16 months to move Exposure37
- Crossing Guards and Flaggers 55% skill overlap, about 16 months to move Exposure56
Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.
Questions about School Bus Monitors and AI
Will AI replace School Bus Monitors?
Not on current evidence. None of the 18 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation reaches a task exposure of 60, the level at which JobRoute counts a task as handled by AI, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 24 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.
What is the AI exposure of School Bus Monitors?
24 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. 1 of the 18 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 17 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.
Which School Bus Monitors tasks can AI already do?
None reaches 60 yet. The most exposed task is: Talk to children's parents or guardians about problematic behaviors, emotional or developmental problems, or related issues, at 40 out of 100.
What AI model tier does this role need?
An efficient-tier model or lower covers 61% of the role's importance-weighted task work, and 28% is hands-on work that no model tier covers. 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 School Bus Monitors, and what do they earn?
78,420 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $35,100 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of -2.7% 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: School Bus Monitors. 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/school-bus-monitors
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