Protective Service

Transportation Security Screeners

SOC 33-9093

Screen passengers and baggage and hold the line on aviation security.

Median pay

$67k

$57k to $73k typical range

Outlook

Declining

5k openings / yr

Education

High school

AI displacement risk

Low

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person · our model, not a benchmark

Works with AI

6/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

2nd pct

More exposed than 2% of occupations · modeled estimate · 72th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

45/100

Key skills

Speaking
Monitoring
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Reading Comprehension
Writing

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.