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Customs Brokers vs Regulatory Affairs Specialists

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Customs Brokers and Regulatory Affairs Specialists 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 Brokers Regulatory Affairs Specialists
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$78,420
$78,420
Employment · BLS OEWS
397,770
397,770
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
67th pct
67th pct

At a glance

Dimension Customs Brokers Regulatory Affairs Specialists
Median pay $78,420 $78,420
Employment 397,770 397,770
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+3.0%) About average (+3.0%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 33,300 33,300
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 a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies High · 67th pct High · 67th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 74th pct · 38% of tasks 74th pct · 38% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — Augmentation-leaning (50.0%)
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: English Language, Administrative, Active Listening, Law and Government, Reading Comprehension, Written Comprehension, Deductive Reasoning, Writing, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Complex Problem Solving, Oral Comprehension, Oral Expression, Written Expression, Near Vision, Speech Clarity, Information Ordering, Computers and Electronics, Administration and Management, Category Flexibility, Speech Recognition, Active Learning, Monitoring, Service Orientation, Judgment and Decision Making, Time Management, Problem Sensitivity, Inductive Reasoning, Learning Strategies, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Negotiation, Instructing.

Specific to Customs Brokers

  • Transportation
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Geography
  • Mathematics
  • Economics and Accounting
  • Selective Attention
  • Mathematics

Specific to Regulatory Affairs Specialists

  • Systems Analysis
  • Biology
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Fluency of Ideas
  • Persuasion
  • Mathematical Reasoning
  • 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: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Word processing software , Data base user interface and query software , Enterprise resource planning ERP software , Project management software , Internet browser software .

Specific to Customs Brokers

Specific to Regulatory Affairs Specialists

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Customs Brokers or Regulatory Affairs Specialists — 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 Brokers vs Regulatory Affairs Specialists." 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-brokers-vs-regulatory-affairs-specialists

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Singulariki. (2026). Customs Brokers vs Regulatory Affairs Specialists. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/customs-brokers-vs-regulatory-affairs-specialists

BibTeX 
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  title  = {Customs Brokers vs Regulatory Affairs Specialists},
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  year   = {2026},
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  url    = {https://singulariki.com/compare/customs-brokers-vs-regulatory-affairs-specialists}
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