AI exposure: Compliance Officers
Examine, evaluate, and investigate eligibility for or conformity with laws and regulations governing contract compliance of licenses and permits, and perform other compliance and enforcement inspection and analysis activities not classified elsewhere.
Reading this score
computed46.3% of this occupation's weighted task load is exposed, which puts Compliance Officers at the 84th percentile of 923 occupations. The capability is largely there. Its average task scores 2.9 out of 4 on what a current system can produce, and the frictions that hold other jobs in place are comparatively weak here.
What holds the line here is context. Across this occupation's 16 tasks it averages 1.90 out of 3, the highest of the five friction dimensions. In plain terms, the work depends on knowledge the model cannot hold. Much of this job runs on things that were never written down: what this particular organisation does, what happened last week, what the person across the table actually meant. That context is the barrier, and it erodes as systems are given more access.
The most exposed thing this job does is Prepare reports of activities, evaluations, recommendations, or decisions, at 73.3%. The least is Visit establishments to verify that valid licenses or permits are displayed and that licensing..., at 8.3%. A gap of 65.0% between two parts of the same job is the reason this index publishes at task level. An occupation-wide number would have hidden both.
Within business and financial operations occupations, this one is less exposed than the median of 47.5% across the group's 48 roles, with 28 scoring higher. Being in an exposed family does not make a particular job exposed, and the reverse holds too.
What would move this score. Of 16 tasks, 10 are currently banded exposed, 4 assisted and 2 untouched. For that distribution to shift materially would take a change in who is permitted to sign the work, which is a question for regulators rather than for engineers. The score is re-computed every quarter against a fresh capability reference, and the change is published rather than quietly applied.
Task by task
16 tasks, O*NET 31.0| Task | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Importance | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prepare reports of activities, evaluations, recommendations, or decisions. | 73.3% | 26.7% | 0.0% | 4.30 | exposed |
| Warn violators of infractions or penalties. | 66.7% | 33.3% | 0.0% | 4.40 | exposed |
| Prepare correspondence to inform concerned parties of licensing decisions or appeals processes. | 66.7% | 33.3% | 0.0% | 4.07 | exposed |
| Keep informed regarding pending industry changes, trends, or best practices. | 63.3% | 11.7% | 25.0% | – | exposed |
| Collect fees for licenses. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 4.45 | exposed |
| Evaluate applications, records, or documents to gather information about eligibility or liability issues. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 4.38 | exposed |
| Issue licenses to individuals meeting standards. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 4.52 | exposed |
| Identify compliance issues that require follow-up or investigation. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | – | exposed |
| Verify that all firm and regulatory policies and procedures have been documented, implemented, and communicated. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | – | exposed |
| Report law or regulation violations to appropriate boards or agencies. | 40.0% | 35.0% | 25.0% | 4.18 | exposed |
| Advise licensees or other individuals or groups concerning licensing, permit, or passport regulations. | 35.0% | 40.0% | 25.0% | 4.37 | assisted |
| Administer oral, written, road, or flight tests to license applicants. | 35.0% | 40.0% | 25.0% | 4.39 | assisted |
| Score tests and observe equipment operation and control to rate ability of applicants. | 35.0% | 40.0% | 25.0% | 4.28 | assisted |
| Provide assistance to internal or external auditors in compliance reviews. | 35.0% | 40.0% | 25.0% | – | assisted |
| Confer with or interview officials, technical or professional specialists, or applicants to obtain information or to clarify facts relevant to licensing decisions. | 8.3% | 16.7% | 75.0% | 4.06 | untouched |
| Visit establishments to verify that valid licenses or permits are displayed and that licensing standards are being upheld. | 8.3% | 16.7% | 75.0% | 4.38 | untouched |
Task text and importance ratings sourced from O*NET 31.0. Shares computed. The occupation score is the importance-weighted mean. 5 task(s) lacked a usable O*NET weight and are shown but excluded from the weighting.
Where the score comes from
judgedEvery task is scored through the standardised work activities it maps to. These are this occupation’s averages on the six rubric dimensions. Capability is what AI can do; the other five are what stands in the way.
| Dimension | Mean | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | 2.94 | 0-4 |
| Embodiment | 0.33 | 0-3 |
| Presence | 0.69 | 0-3 |
| Accountability | 1.71 | 0-3 |
| Context | 1.90 | 0-3 |
| Verification cost | 1.90 | 0-3 |
What this means in practice
Where most of a role's weighted task load is exposed, the work that survives is usually the part of the job nobody wrote into the job description: deciding what should be produced rather than producing it, and being answerable for the result. The tasks lowest on this page are a better guide to where to spend your time than any general advice about the future of work.
Occupations either side of this one
The four closest scores in the same occupational family, then the four closest anywhere in the index.
Read this carefully. Exposure is not displacement. A high score means current AI systems can produce this work, not that anyone will stop paying a person to do it. Adoption depends on economics, regulation and inertia that this index deliberately does not model. How the score is built.