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Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators vs Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators and Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers 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.”

Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$76,790
$115,230
Employment · BLS OEWS
305,020
16,230
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
70th pct
46th pct

At a glance

Dimension Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
Median pay $76,790 $115,230
Employment 305,020 16,230
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Declining (-5.1%) Declining (-0.7%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 21,100 500
Typical education · O*NET Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not. 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 Moderate · 46th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 83rd pct · 45% of tasks 59th pct · 31% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — Augmentation-leaning (55.5%)
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: Customer and Personal Service, English Language, Written Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Oral Comprehension, Oral Expression, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Speaking, Written Expression, Near Vision, Administrative, Judgment and Decision Making, Writing, Problem Sensitivity, Speech Clarity, Complex Problem Solving, Information Ordering, Speech Recognition, Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Category Flexibility, Law and Government, Active Learning, Coordination, Flexibility of Closure, Negotiation, Service Orientation, Administration and Management, Systems Analysis, Time Management.

Specific to Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators

  • Mathematics
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Economics and Accounting
  • Mathematical Reasoning
  • Number Facility
  • Speed of Closure
  • Perceptual Speed

Specific to Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

  • Medicine and Dentistry
  • Selective Attention
  • Learning Strategies
  • Persuasion
  • Fluency of Ideas
  • Originality
  • Instructing

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: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Internet browser software , Data base user interface and query software , Presentation software , Word processing software , Video conferencing software , Enterprise resource planning ERP software , Document management software , Information retrieval or search software .

Specific to Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators

Specific to Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators or Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers — 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. "Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators vs Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers." 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/claims-adjusters-examiners-and-investigators-vs-administrative-law-judges-adjudicators-and-hearing-officers

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Singulariki. (2026). Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators vs Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/claims-adjusters-examiners-and-investigators-vs-administrative-law-judges-adjudicators-and-hearing-officers

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