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Security Guards
Also filed here: Security guard, Guard, Watchman, Bouncer
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 0.9% more of these jobs by 2035, slower than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #599 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +0.9% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $38,020 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 1.3 million in the US, with about 156,000 openings a year
The work, 12 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
AI helps with this: Maintain safety or security28%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,066 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
Still yours: Monitor safety or security of work areas, facilities, or properties14%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Notify others of emergencies or problems12%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate audiovisual or related equipment8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Investigate criminal or legal matters7%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,075 conversations, and it got them there 83% of the time.
Still yours: Intervene in crisis situations or emergencies7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Prepare reports of operational or procedural activities7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Administer emergency medical treatment6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Provide information to guests, clients, or customers6%
AI performed this in about 1 in 9 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
Still yours: Inspect commercial, industrial, or production systems or equipment4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate transportation equipment or vehicles2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance1%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 510 conversations, and it got them there 94% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 101 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 156,000 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
BLS on AIWider use of surveillance technology is expected to somewhat limit demand; casinos also use AI enabled cameras to catch cheating. Source ↗
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
The jobs closest to this one. None of them is much less exposed.
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The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the War front:
How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.14, higher than 48% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 33-9032 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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