Often handed to AI
Task areas most often handled directively in observed AI conversations — candidates to delegate with light review.
- Examine records, reports, or other documents to establish facts or detect discrepancies. · 1.4%
Government Property Inspectors and Investigators
Occupation · SOC 13-1041.04
Investigate or inspect government property to ensure compliance with contract agreements and government regulations.
Also called: Housing Inspector · Housing Quality Standard Inspector (HQS Inspector) · Quality Assurance Specialist · Rehabilitation Construction Specialist · Airport Operations Officer · Housing Management Representative · Neighborhood Conservation Officer · Adjustment Examiner · Compliance Analyst · Compliance Coordinator · Contract Inspector · Government Gauger
Job family: Business and Financial Operations Occupations
Take this to your AI
A source-stamped Markdown brief of this occupation — paste it into an agent, or fetch
/roles/role-13-1041-04/context.md directly.
AI work map
A fast read on where AI already shows up in this occupation, where it stays a copilot, where humans remain in the loop, and what the labor market is doing. Built from observed Claude.ai conversations mapped to O*NET tasks and from published research — measures of usage and exposure, not advice or predictions that the job is going away.
Use as a copilot
Task areas where people work with AI — iterating, learning, or checking — staying in the loop rather than handing the task off.
- Prepare correspondence, reports of inspections or investigations or recommendations for action. · 0.9%
Keep a human in the loop
Task areas where a human was still judged necessary in a large share of observed conversations — not a safety ruling, an observed-need signal.
- Examine records, reports, or other documents to establish facts or detect discrepancies. · 95.7% need a human
- Prepare correspondence, reports of inspections or investigations or recommendations for action. · 94.7% need a human
Skills it runs on
The capabilities O*NET rates most important for this occupation — the human ground the work is built on.
See all skills →Market signal
Independent published positions, read together — not a forecast.
- About average employment outlook (+3.0% by 2034)
- 33,300 openings/yr
- High AI exposure
- Observed AI use leans augmentation
- Median pay $78,420/yr
- Can largely be done remotely (teleworkable)
- A reversal from 2013 — rated low automation risk then (26th), high AI task-overlap now (64th)
64th-percentile task overlap — yet about 33,300 openings a year (+3% projected, BLS), and observed AI use leans 4678% copilot, not hand-off (AEI) . What exposure means →
AI & job outlook
What today's research says about this occupation's exposure to AI, how AI is actually being used in it, and where employment is headed. These are positions within published studies — measures of exposure and usage, not predictions that this job will disappear.
Exposure to current AI
Each study uses its own scale, so the raw scores are not comparable across rows — the percentile (this job's rank among all U.S. occupations with data) is the comparable figure, and sizes the bars.
| Measure | Rank vs all occupations | Percentile | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall AI exposure (Felten et al.) Moderate | 64th | 0.7 | |
| LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou) Moderate | 60th | 0.8 | |
| AI assistant applicability (Microsoft) High | 67th | 0.2 |
OpenAI's exposure study scores tasks three ways: with a language model alone (α 0.1), with simple added tooling (β 0.4), and including AI-powered software (γ 0.8). Higher means more of the job's tasks could be done at least twice as fast — not that they will be automated away.
Most of this job's tasks can be done remotely (Dingel–Neiman), which tends to track with higher digital and AI exposure.
Historical automation estimate (2013)
A pre-LLM (2013) estimate of how automatable this job is by computerization and robotics. Shown for historical context only — it is not part of any current AI ranking.
Frey–Osborne probability 0.1 · 26th percentile among occupations · Low
How AI is actually used in this job
Among measured AI assistant conversations mapped to this occupation (Anthropic Economic Index, 2026-01-15), these task types came up most. These are shares of observed AI conversations — not shares of the job, of worker time, or of what could be automated.
| Examine records, reports, or other documents to establish facts or detect discrepancies. | 1.3% |
Job outlook
Independent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projection for 2024–2034 — a labor-market forecast, not an AI-impact forecast.
| Outlook | About average · +3.0% by 2034 |
| Projected annual openings | 33,300 |
| Employment 2024 → 2034 | 418,000 → 430,300 |
“Annual openings” counts new jobs plus replacements for workers who leave the occupation, so it can be large even when growth is modest.
Where this work sits on the global GenAI gradient
The ILO's 2025 global study scores generative-AI exposure on the international ISCO-08 occupation system, not US SOC. Bridged through the published (and approximate, many-to-many) IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 crosswalk, this US occupation corresponds to the international 3 occupations below. Exposure here means how much of the work's tasks today's AI can attempt — task overlap, not automation, adoption, or jobs lost.
Government Property Inspectors and Investigators sits at the 74th percentile of 427
occupations on the global GenAI task-exposure gradient
— exposure eased from 2023 to 2025. Each dot is one occupation; the
ringed one is this work. Exposure is task overlap, not automation or jobs lost.
38% mean task exposure (2025)
74th percentile of 427 placed occupations
−7 pts shift 2023 → 2025
| International occupation (ISCO-08) | Task exposure (2025) | Most tasks fall in |
|---|---|---|
| Government Social Benefits Officials · 3353 | 45% | Gradient 2 |
| Government Licensing Officials · 3354 | 43% | Gradient 2 |
| Customs and Border Inspectors · 3351 | 32% | Minimal |
Read the whole six-band gradient on the GenAI exposure gradient page. The crosswalk is approximate: a US occupation can map to several international ones, and the ILO scores describe the international occupation, not this exact US role.
Working with AI in this job
How people actually apply AI to this occupation's tasks, from Claude.ai (Free and Pro) conversations in the Anthropic Economic Index, 2026-01-15. This is one AI assistant's consumer sample — not all AI, not the whole workforce. Autonomy and the collaboration mix are model-rated estimates; figures below the sample floor are hidden.
| Augmentation vs. automation | 46.8% working with AI · 45.5% handed to AI |
| Most common way people use AI here | Directive · AI does it; you give the instruction |
| Typical AI autonomy | 3.0 / 5 · higher = AI acts more independently |
| Used for work (vs. personal / coursework) | 85.4% |
What people delegate to AI
The role's most common tasks in AI conversations, each tagged with how people work with the AI on it. “Usage” is the share of observed conversations, not of the job.
| Task | How | Usage |
|---|---|---|
| Examine records, reports, or other documents to establish facts or detect discrepancies. | Directive | 1.4% |
| Prepare correspondence, reports of inspections or investigations or recommendations for action. | Iteration | 0.9% |
Where a human is still needed
Tasks where the model most often judged that a person remained necessary — a useful read on the current boundary, not a guarantee.
| Examine records, reports, or other documents to establish facts or detect discrepancies. | 95.7% | |
| Prepare correspondence, reports of inspections or investigations or recommendations for action. | 94.7% |
What people most often hand AI here
Example prompts phrased from the tasks people most often delegate to AI in this occupation (Anthropic Economic Index). Each shows the underlying measured task and its share of observed AI use. They are suggested phrasings of real tasks — starting points, not endorsed instructions.
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Help me examine records, reports, or other documents to establish facts or detect discrepancies.From: Examine records, reports, or other documents to establish facts or detect discrepancies. · 1.4% of measured AI use · directive
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Help me prepare correspondence, reports of inspections or investigations or recommendations for action.From: Prepare correspondence, reports of inspections or investigations or recommendations for action. · 0.9% of measured AI use · task iteration
Tasks
All 14 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, ordered by importance. Each links to its own page with AI-exposure and observed-use detail.
- Prepare correspondence, reports of inspections or investigations, or recommendations for action. Core · importance 4.2
- Investigate alleged license or permit violations. Supplemental · importance 4.2
- Examine records, reports, or other documents to establish facts or detect discrepancies. Core · importance 4.1
- Inspect government property, such as construction sites or public housing, to ensure compliance with contract specifications or legal requirements. Core · importance 4.0
- Inspect manufactured or processed products to ensure compliance with contract specifications or legal requirements. Supplemental · importance 3.9
- Collect, identify, evaluate, or preserve case evidence. Supplemental · importance 3.9
- Submit samples of products to government laboratories for testing, as required. Supplemental · importance 3.8
- Inspect government-owned equipment or materials in the possession of private contractors to ensure compliance with contracts or regulations or to prevent misuse. Supplemental · importance 3.7
- Investigate applications for special licenses or permits. Supplemental · importance 3.6
- Recommend legal or administrative action to protect government property. Supplemental · importance 3.6
- Testify in court or at administrative proceedings concerning investigation findings. Supplemental · importance 3.5
- Coordinate with or assist law enforcement agencies in matters of mutual concern. Supplemental · importance 3.3
- Locate and interview plaintiffs, witnesses, or representatives of business or government to gather facts relevant to inspections or alleged violations. Supplemental
- Monitor investigations of suspected offenders to ensure that they are conducted in accordance with constitutional requirements. Supplemental
Emerging tasks
Newer responsibilities O*NET has flagged as growing for this occupation.
- Use emerging technologies, such as drones, for remote or automated inspections.
Work activities
- Inform individuals or organizations of status or findings.
- Verify accuracy of financial information.
- Monitor organizational compliance with regulations.
- Collect evidence for legal proceedings.
- Examine product information to ensure compliance with regulations.
- Coordinate enforcement of laws or regulations.
- Testify at legal or legislative proceedings.
- Inspect facilities or equipment to ensure specifications are met.
- Advise others on legal or regulatory compliance matters.
- Communicate with government agencies.
- Investigate legal issues.
- Review license or permit applications.
Knowledge, skills & abilities
O*NET importance rating, from 1 (not important) to 5 (extremely important).
Knowledge
Essential skills
| Active Listening | 4.1 | |
| Reading Comprehension | 4.0 | |
| Writing | 4.0 | |
| Speaking | 4.0 | |
| Critical Thinking | 4.0 | |
| Active Learning | 3.5 | |
| Monitoring | 3.4 |
Abilities
| Inductive Reasoning | 4.1 | |
| Oral Comprehension | 4.0 | |
| Written Comprehension | 4.0 | |
| Oral Expression | 4.0 | |
| Written Expression | 4.0 | |
| Problem Sensitivity | 4.0 | |
| Deductive Reasoning | 4.0 | |
| Information Ordering | 4.0 | |
| Near Vision | 3.9 | |
| Speech Recognition | 3.9 | |
| Speech Clarity | 3.9 | |
| Flexibility of Closure | 3.8 | |
| Far Vision | 3.8 | |
| Perceptual Speed | 3.6 | |
| Category Flexibility | 3.5 | |
| Selective Attention | 3.5 | |
| Fluency of Ideas | 3.3 | |
| Speed of Closure | 3.3 |
Transferable skills
| Judgment and Decision Making | 4.0 | |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.5 | |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.4 | |
| Coordination | 3.4 | |
| Systems Evaluation | 3.4 | |
| Systems Analysis | 3.3 |
Skills in demand
Skills employers ask for in job postings for this occupation (Lightcast), with whether each is a common or specialized skill.
Showing the top 40 of 49.
Tools & technology
Work context
How characteristic each condition is of the job, on O*NET's 1–5 context scale (higher = more present in day-to-day work). Each condition links to how it varies across all occupations.
How to get in
- Job zone
- Zone 3 — Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Education
- Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
- Typical entry-level education
- Bachelor's degree · BLS, the typical path — not a requirement
- Related experience
- Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
- Preparation level
- SVP (6.0 to < 7.0) — total schooling plus on-the-job experience.
What to study: Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services , Health Professions and Related Programs , Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services , Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies , Natural Resources and Conservation . Fields of study crosswalked to this occupation (NCES CIP–SOC), not a requirement.
Education of current workers
Share of people in this occupation at each level of education.
| Bachelor's Degree | 39.3% | |
| Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) | 24.7% | |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 16.2% | |
| Some College Courses | 10.3% | |
| High School Diploma | 9.4% |
Interests & work styles
The interests and personal qualities O*NET associates with people who do this work.
Career interests (Holland / RIASEC)
| Conventional | 6.3 | |
| Enterprising | 4.2 | |
| Investigative | 3.3 | |
| Realistic | 3.1 | |
| Social | 2.4 |
Work styles
| Dependability | 4.0 | |
| Attention to Detail | 3.0 | |
| Integrity | 2.9 | |
| Cautiousness | 2.1 |
Interest areas
| Law | 3.4 | |
| Office Work | 3.1 | |
| Management/Administration | 2.6 | |
| Protective Service | 2.4 | |
| Construction/Woodwork | 2.2 | |
| Public Speaking | 2.2 | |
| Accounting | 2.1 |
Wages & employment
U.S. · annual wages (BLS OEWS)
| 10th percentile | $46,230 |
| 25th percentile | $59,130 |
| Median (50th) | $78,420 |
| 75th percentile | $104,800 |
| 90th percentile | $130,030 |
| People employed | 397,770 |
Wages and employment are reported by BLS for the broader occupation group this specialty belongs to (SOC 13-1041), not for the specialty alone.
Industries that employ this occupation
Where these workers are employed, by number of jobs (national, BLS OEWS). Pay shown is the occupation's national median, not industry-specific.
| Industry | Workers | National median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Finance and Insurance · Sector | 46,410 | $79,920 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services · Sector | 38,020 | $90,990 |
| Health Care and Social Assistance · Sector | 32,070 | $68,590 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises · Sector | 22,870 | $89,740 |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services · Sector | 18,660 | $60,800 |
| Manufacturing · Sector | 18,630 | $85,040 |
| Educational Services · Sector | 15,080 | $74,650 |
| Transportation and Warehousing · Sector | 14,480 | $63,430 |
| Wholesale Trade · Sector | 10,460 | $80,660 |
| Temporary Help Services · National industry | 7,260 | $56,880 |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing · Sector | 7,040 | $65,310 |
| Information · Sector | 6,310 | $92,300 |
Where this work is most concentrated
Industries where this occupation is far more common than in the economy as a whole. The location quotient is how many times more concentrated it is here (a value of 5 means five times its economy-wide share).
| Industry | Concentration | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Hydroelectric Power Generation · National industry | 7.37× | 130 |
| Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers · National industry | 4.96× | 5,750 |
| Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation · National industry | 3.26× | 600 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises · Sector | 3.16× | 22,870 |
| Finance and Insurance · Sector | 2.89× | 46,410 |
| Utilities · Sector | 2.8× | 4,180 |
| Testing Laboratories and Services · National industry | 1.8× | 790 |
| Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities · National industry | 1.6× | 1,070 |
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Part of the Energy & Natural Resources , Financial Services , Management & Entrepreneurship and Public Service & Safety career clusters.
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Side-by-side comparisons place two occupations’ pay, preparation, skills, and AI exposure on the same page — same data, same scale, no forecast.
What you can do with this
Options the data surfaces for Government Property Inspectors and Investigators — not advice or a forecast. Each is a real cross-link you can follow into the evidence.
Skills that travel
Capabilities this work builds that are used across many other occupations.
Adjacent roles
Occupations O*NET rates as related — the nearby moves on the map.
Paths in
How people typically prepare for this work.
- Bachelor's degree · typical entry level
- Job zone 3 — Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed · preparation tier
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services · field of study
- Health Professions and Related Programs · field of study
Zoom out
On the global GenAI exposure gradient this work sits around the 74th percentile of 427 international occupations.
Write a report on thisheadline · factoids · citation
Government Property Inspectors and Investigators show 64th-percentile AI task overlap — and about 33,300 annual U.S. openings
- Government Property Inspectors and Investigators rank in the 64th percentile (Moderate band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated.Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE
- The occupation is projected to see about 33,300 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
- BLS projects employment to be about average (+3%) from 2024 to 2034.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
- Median annual pay is $78,420, across about 397,770 U.S. workers.BLS OEWS (May 2024)
- Of the AI use actually observed for this work, 47% looks like augmentation (drafting, iterating, checking) rather than hands-off automation — from a Claude.ai usage sample, not a census.2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2
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Government Property Inspectors and Investigators show 64th-percentile AI task overlap — and about 33,300 annual U.S. openings • Government Property Inspectors and Investigators rank in the 64th percentile (Moderate band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated. (Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE) • The occupation is projected to see about 33,300 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34) • BLS projects employment to be about average (+3%) from 2024 to 2034. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34) • Median annual pay is $78,420, across about 397,770 U.S. workers. (BLS OEWS (May 2024)) • Of the AI use actually observed for this work, 47% looks like augmentation (drafting, iterating, checking) rather than hands-off automation — from a Claude.ai usage sample, not a census. (2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2) Source: Singulariki — "Government Property Inspectors and Investigators". https://singulariki.com/roles/role-13-1041-04 Note: AI task overlap measures what today's AI can attempt, not automation, job loss, or a forecast.
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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.
- O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
- Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai Microsoft Research
- “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic
- AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans academic
- ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025 International Labour Organization
- IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022 Institute for Structural Research (IBS)
- Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation academic
- Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome academic
Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
Cite this page
Plain
Singulariki. "Government Property Inspectors 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/roles/role-13-1041-04
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Singulariki. (2026). Government Property Inspectors and Investigators. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/roles/role-13-1041-04
BibTeX
@misc{singulariki-role-13-1041-04,
title = {Government Property Inspectors and Investigators},
author = {{Singulariki}},
year = {2026},
note = {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},
url = {https://singulariki.com/roles/role-13-1041-04}
} Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.