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Customs and Border Protection Officers vs Private Detectives and Investigators

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Customs and Border Protection Officers and Private Detectives and Investigators 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.”

Customs and Border Protection Officers Private Detectives and Investigators
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$76,290
$52,370
Employment · BLS OEWS
666,990
38,700
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
47th pct
59th pct

At a glance

Dimension Customs and Border Protection Officers Private Detectives and Investigators
Median pay $76,290 $52,370
Employment 666,990 38,700
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+3.1%) About average (+6.0%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 53,700 3,900
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 occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 47th pct Moderate · 59th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 48th pct · 26% of tasks 76th pct · 39% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — Augmentation-leaning (38.6%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No 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, Public Safety and Security, Active Listening, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Oral Comprehension, Oral Expression, Problem Sensitivity, Inductive Reasoning, Near Vision, English Language, Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness, Written Comprehension, Deductive Reasoning, Speech Clarity, Speech Recognition, Writing, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Written Expression, Customer and Personal Service, Psychology, Active Learning, Coordination, Information Ordering, Flexibility of Closure, Perceptual Speed, Selective Attention, Far Vision, Administrative, Computers and Electronics, Persuasion, Complex Problem Solving, Service Orientation.

Specific to Customs and Border Protection Officers

  • Geography
  • Sociology and Anthropology
  • Education and Training
  • Foreign Language
  • Negotiation

Specific to Private Detectives and Investigators

  • Administration and Management
  • Category Flexibility
  • Time Management
  • Fluency of Ideas
  • Originality

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 , Word processing software , Data base user interface and query software .

Specific to Customs and Border Protection Officers

Specific to Private Detectives and Investigators

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Customs and Border Protection Officers or Private Detectives and Investigators — 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. "Customs and Border Protection Officers vs Private Detectives and Investigators." 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/customs-and-border-protection-officers-vs-private-detectives-and-investigators

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Singulariki. (2026). Customs and Border Protection Officers vs Private Detectives and Investigators. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/customs-and-border-protection-officers-vs-private-detectives-and-investigators

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