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Mediators & Arbitrators

SOC 23-1022

Help parties in conflict reach agreements without going to court.

The job

Median pay

$76k

$57k to $108k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing fast

+4.7% projected

Openings a year

300

BLS projection

Typical education

Master's

Our model

AI displacement risk

Very high

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

2/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

95th pct

More exposed than 95% of occupations · modeled estimate · 37th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

50/100

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Key skills

Active Listening
Writing
Reading Comprehension
Speaking
Critical Thinking
Active Learning

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
California	1,117	0.1	1.0×	$98k~
New York	1,050	0.1	1.8×	$71k
Florida	770	0.1	1.3×	$60k~
Texas	713	0.1	0.9×	$51k~
Pennsylvania	310	0.1	0.9×	$68k
Georgia	302	0.1	1.0×	$66k~
New Jersey	269	0.1	1.1×	$84k~
Wisconsin	260	0.1	1.5×	$65k~
Massachusetts	248	0.1	1.1×	$98k~
Michigan	190	0.0	0.7×	$76k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Washington	188	0.1	0.9×	$79k~
Arizona	160	0.0	0.8×	$82k
Minnesota	153	0.1	0.9×	$77k~
Washington DC	150	0.2	3.6×	$110k
Ohio	130	0.0	0.4×	$69k
Virginia	120	0.0	0.5×	$80k
Connecticut	110	0.1	1.1×	$74k~
North Carolina	100	0.0	0.3×	$75k
Oregon	98	0.0	0.8×	$68k~
Utah	89	0.1	0.9×	$67k~
Oklahoma	88	0.1	0.9×	$37k~
Nevada	86	0.1	0.9×	$73k~
Illinois	80	0.0	0.2×	$162k
Louisiana	80	0.0	0.7×	$46k
Maryland	80	0.0	0.5×	$59k
Kentucky	75	0.0	0.6×	$58k~
Missouri	70	0.0	0.4×	$60k~
South Carolina	70	0.0	0.5×	$59k
Indiana	60	0.0	0.3×	$57k
Iowa	58	0.0	0.6×	$52k~
Tennessee	50	0.0	0.3×	$62k
Arkansas	47	0.0	0.6×	$53k~
Delaware	43	0.1	1.5×	$73k~
Mississippi	43	0.0	0.6×	$46k~
Nebraska	42	0.0	0.7×	$62k~
Alabama	40	0.0	0.3×	$77k
Idaho	40	0.0	0.8×	$55k~
Kansas	40	0.0	0.5×	$65k
Montana	40	0.1	1.3×	$65k
New Mexico	40	0.0	0.8×	$110k
West Virginia	37	0.1	0.9×	$59k~
Rhode Island	31	0.1	1.0×	$64k~
Colorado	30	0.0	0.2×	$83k
Hawaii	30	0.0	0.8×	$68k~
New Hampshire	29	0.0	0.7×	$65k~
Maine	28	0.0	0.7×	$61k~
Alaska	16	0.0	0.8×	$79k~
South Dakota	16	0.0	0.6×	$65k~
Vermont	16	0.1	0.9×	$74k~
North Dakota	15	0.0	0.6×	$60k~
Wyoming	12	0.0	0.7×	$48k~

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ600 jobs · $77k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX210 jobs · $56k median
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA200 jobs · $108k median
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV190 jobs · $110k median
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX170 jobs · $57k median
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD140 jobs · $75k median
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ130 jobs · $82k median
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA130 jobs · $129k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.