AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 33-3052.00

Will AI replace Transit and Railroad Police?

Transit and Railroad Police: AI can already handle 7 of 12 tasks; the work mostly needs a frontier-tier model.

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Every task, scored

The 12 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Transit and Railroad Police, from most to least exposed. 7 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.

Task AI exposure Evidence Model tier Importance
Interview neighbors, associates, or former employers of job applicants to verify personal references or to obtain work history data. 80 Estimated Efficient 3.6
Prepare reports documenting investigation activities and results. 75 Estimated Efficient 4.3
Monitor transit areas and conduct security checks to protect railroad properties, patrons, and employees. 75 Estimated Standard 4.2
Direct security activities at derailments, fires, floods, or strikes involving railroad property. 75 Estimated Frontier 4.1
Investigate or direct investigations of freight theft, suspicious damage or loss of passengers' valuables, or other crimes on railroad property. 75 Estimated Efficient 4.1
Examine credentials of unauthorized persons attempting to enter secured areas. 75 Estimated Efficient 4.0
Enforce traffic laws regarding the transit system and reprimand individuals who violate them. 75 Estimated Efficient 3.9
Apprehend or remove trespassers or thieves from railroad property or coordinate with law enforcement agencies in apprehensions and removals. 50 Estimated Efficient 4.2
Direct or coordinate the daily activities or training of security staff. 50 Estimated Frontier 3.7
Plan or implement special safety or preventive programs, such as fire or accident prevention. 50 Estimated Frontier 3.4
Provide training to the public or law enforcement personnel in railroad safety or security. 35 Estimated Efficient 3.8
Patrol railroad yards, cars, stations, or other facilities to protect company property or shipments and to maintain order. 20 Estimated Efficient 4.1

Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 0 of 12 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 12 of 12. 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
4,390
Median annual wage
$90,230
Middle half of earners
$68,990 to $119,290
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.

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.

Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.

Questions about Transit and Railroad Police and AI

Will AI replace Transit and Railroad Police?

AI already handles 7 of the 12 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 62 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 Transit and Railroad Police?

62 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. 0 of the 12 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 12 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.

Which Transit and Railroad Police tasks can AI already do?

The tasks with the highest exposure are: Interview neighbors, associates, or former employers of job applicants to verify personal references or to obtain work history data; Prepare reports documenting investigation activities and results; Monitor transit areas and conduct security checks to protect railroad properties, patrons, and employees. They are three of the 7 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 Transit and Railroad Police, and what do they earn?

4,390 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $90,230 (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: Transit and Railroad Police. 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/transit-and-railroad-police

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