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Bailiffs vs Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Bailiffs and Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 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.”

Bailiffs Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$57,050
$156,210
Employment · BLS OEWS
16,910
25,580
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
70th pct
21st pct

At a glance

Dimension Bailiffs Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
Median pay $57,050 $156,210
Employment 16,910 25,580
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Declining (-2.2%) About average (+2.5%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 1,800 900
Typical education · O*NET Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's 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 High · 70th pct Low · 21st pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 76th pct · 39% of tasks 59th pct · 31% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — Automation-leaning (54.1%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No No

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: Public Safety and Security, Law and Government, Social Perceptiveness, Problem Sensitivity, Oral Expression, Selective Attention, Speech Clarity, English Language, Oral Comprehension, Speech Recognition, Speaking, Monitoring, Near Vision, Active Listening, Judgment and Decision Making, Deductive Reasoning, Customer and Personal Service, Psychology, Critical Thinking, Time Management, Written Comprehension, Inductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, Administration and Management, Reading Comprehension, Coordination, Persuasion, Service Orientation, Complex Problem Solving, Active Learning, Negotiation, Written Expression.

Specific to Bailiffs

  • Static Strength
  • Trunk Strength
  • Far Vision
  • Education and Training
  • Administrative
  • Time Sharing
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Reaction Time

Specific to Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

  • Writing
  • Category Flexibility
  • Instructing
  • Systems Analysis
  • Fluency of Ideas
  • Originality
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Management of Personnel Resources

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 , Internet browser software .

Specific to Bailiffs

Specific to Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Bailiffs or Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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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. "Bailiffs vs Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates." 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/bailiffs-vs-judges-magistrate-judges-and-magistrates

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Singulariki. (2026). Bailiffs vs Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/bailiffs-vs-judges-magistrate-judges-and-magistrates

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