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Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers vs Lawyers

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers and Lawyers on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers Lawyers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$115,230
$151,160
Employment · BLS OEWS
16,230
747,750
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
46th pct
62nd pct

At a glance

Dimension Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers Lawyers
Median pay $115,230 $151,160
Employment 16,230 747,750
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Declining (-0.7%) About average (+4.1%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 500 31,500
Typical education · O*NET Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree). Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 46th pct Moderate · 62nd pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 59th pct · 31% of tasks 67th pct · 36% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (55.5%) Augmentation-leaning (69.2%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman Yes Yes

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Law and Government, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Oral Comprehension, Written Comprehension, Inductive Reasoning, Writing, Judgment and Decision Making, English Language, Written Expression, Deductive Reasoning, Speaking, Oral Expression, Problem Sensitivity, Social Perceptiveness, Complex Problem Solving, Speech Clarity, Customer and Personal Service, Active Learning, Information Ordering, Near Vision, Speech Recognition, Monitoring, Administrative, Negotiation, Time Management, Category Flexibility, Selective Attention, Learning Strategies, Coordination, Persuasion, Service Orientation, Fluency of Ideas, Originality, Instructing, Systems Analysis.

Specific to Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

  • Medicine and Dentistry
  • Administration and Management
  • Flexibility of Closure

Specific to Lawyers

  • Computers and Electronics
  • Communications and Media
  • Systems Evaluation

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Office suite software , Document management software , Data base user interface and query software , Spreadsheet software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Word processing software , Enterprise resource planning ERP software .

Specific to Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Specific to Lawyers

Full profiles

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers vs Lawyers." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/administrative-law-judges-adjudicators-and-hearing-officers-vs-lawyers

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Singulariki. (2026). Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers vs Lawyers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/administrative-law-judges-adjudicators-and-hearing-officers-vs-lawyers

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