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Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates vs Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

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

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$156,210
$115,230
Employment · BLS OEWS
25,580
16,230
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
21st pct
46th pct

At a glance

Dimension Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
Median pay $156,210 $115,230
Employment 25,580 16,230
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+2.5%) Declining (-0.7%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 900 500
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 Low · 21st pct Moderate · 46th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 59th pct · 31% of tasks 59th pct · 31% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Automation-leaning (54.1%) Augmentation-leaning (55.5%)
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: Active Listening, Law and Government, Critical Thinking, Oral Comprehension, Deductive Reasoning, English Language, Written Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Judgment and Decision Making, Oral Expression, Inductive Reasoning, Writing, Speaking, Complex Problem Solving, Written Expression, Speech Clarity, Active Learning, Social Perceptiveness, Problem Sensitivity, Near Vision, Speech Recognition, Monitoring, Information Ordering, Administration and Management, Time Management, Negotiation, Customer and Personal Service, Category Flexibility, Coordination, Persuasion, Instructing, Service Orientation, Systems Analysis, Fluency of Ideas, Originality, Selective Attention.

Specific to Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

  • Psychology
  • Public Safety and Security
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Management of Personnel Resources

Specific to Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

  • Administrative
  • Medicine and Dentistry
  • Learning Strategies
  • Flexibility of Closure

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 , Document management software , Presentation software , Word processing software , Legal management software , Information retrieval or search software , Data base user interface and query software , Video conferencing software , Internet browser software .

Specific to Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Specific to Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 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. "Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 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/judges-magistrate-judges-and-magistrates-vs-administrative-law-judges-adjudicators-and-hearing-officers

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

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