As of June 2026, Transportation Security Screeners has an AI-exposure score of 53/100 (Elevated exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
AI Exposure Score for
Transportation Security Screeners
53/100
Elevated exposure
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More exposed than 41% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$66,770. About 4,700 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
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How you compare to similar Protective Service roles
Transportation Security Screeners (you)
53
Transit and Railroad Police
52
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52
Fish and Game Wardens
51
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
55
Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists
50
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Your tasks, by AI exposure
Automatable
- Record information about any baggage that sets off alarms in monitoring equipment.
- Search carry-on or checked baggage by hand when it is suspected to contain prohibited items such as weapons.
- Test baggage for any explosive materials, using equipment such as explosive detection machines or chemical swab systems.
- Send checked baggage through automated screening machines, and set bags aside for searching or rescreening as indicated by equipment.
Augmentable
- Watch for potentially dangerous persons whose pictures are posted at checkpoints.
- Close entry areas following security breaches or reopen areas after receiving notification that the airport is secure.
- Follow those who breach security until police or other security personnel arrive to apprehend them.
- Challenge suspicious people, requesting their badges and asking what their business is in a particular areas.
- Confiscate dangerous items and hazardous materials found in opened bags and turn them over to airlines for disposal.
- Inform other screeners when baggage should not be opened because it might contain explosives.
- Patrol work areas to detect any suspicious items.
- Perform pat-down or hand-held wand searches of passengers who have triggered machine alarms, who are unable to pass through metal detectors, or who have been randomly identified for such searches.
- Decide whether baggage that triggers alarms should be searched or should be allowed to pass through.
- Inspect checked baggage for signs of tampering.
- Ask passengers to remove shoes and divest themselves of metal objects prior to walking through metal detectors.
- Contact police directly in cases of urgent security issues, using phones or two-way radios.
- Check passengers' tickets to ensure that they are valid, and to determine whether passengers have designations that require special handling, such as providing photo identification.
- Notify supervisors or other appropriate personnel when security breaches occur.
- Inspect carry-on items, using x-ray viewing equipment, to determine whether items contain objects that warrant further investigation.
Durable
- Contact leads or supervisors to discuss objects of concern that are not on prohibited object lists.
Safer adjacent roles
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Transportation Security Screeners 53→
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62
80% skills overlap · Elevated exposure · ~US$38,020
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52
72% skills overlap · Elevated exposure · ~US$90,230
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51
64% skills overlap · Elevated exposure · ~US$63,580
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48
56% skills overlap · Moderate exposure · ~US$37,080
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68
48% skills overlap · High exposure · ~US$44,390
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66
40% skills overlap · High exposure · ~US$56,850
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65
40% skills overlap · High exposure · ~US$76,210
Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors
65
40% skills overlap · High exposure · ~US$58,170
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