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Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Arbitrate, advise, adjudicate, or administer justice in a court of law. May sentence defendant in criminal cases according to government statutes or sentencing guidelines. May determine liability of defendant in civil cases. May perform wedding ceremonies.

99 AI exposure
26 Human advantage
55 Market demand
66 AI leverage

Is Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates a safe career from AI?

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates scores 99 out of 100 for AI exposure, which is high. A large share of this work is the kind current AI systems are measurably good at. That is not a prediction the job disappears, and the research does not support one. It means more of this role is likely to change than most.

Its human advantage score is 26, which is low. Most of this role can be done through a screen, and that is the half of the labor market AI has reached first. Market demand scores 55 out of 100, combining how many of these jobs exist with where that number is heading. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment roughly flat over ten years.

What Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates pay

The median wage is $156,210 a year. The lower quarter earns under $86,060 and the upper quarter over $189,890. About 25,580 people do this work in the United States.

Where Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates can go next

Occupations that share most of what this job already requires, ranked by how much carries over.

Lawyers 87% of the skills carry over $151k median
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers 91% of the skills carry over $115k median
Nurse Practitioners 79% of the skills carry over $129k median
Loss Prevention Managers 81% of the skills carry over $137k median

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Where this comes from

Work content and transitions from O*NET, the US Department of Labor's occupational database. Wages and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. AI exposure from published research measuring which occupations current AI capabilities overlap with. None of it is a forecast, and none of these numbers are ours: they are public data, put next to each other.

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