AI Career Radar

First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of members of police force.

AI exposure35 / 100Moderate exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation24
Freedom to set tasks77
Repeating the same tasks60
$106,040Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+3.3%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (about average)BLS Employment Projections
70Skill durability (moderate)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Active Listening
63
75
Speaking
63
75
Critical Thinking
63
75
Monitoring
63
75
Judgment and Decision Making
63
69
Active Learning
62
72
Coordination
62
72
Complex Problem Solving
62
69
Reading Comprehension
61
75
Time Management
61
63
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Social Perceptiveness
60
75
Writing
60
69
Instructing
58
72
Learning Strategies
58
69
Systems Analysis
57
53
Service Orientation
56
63
Systems Evaluation
56
53
Persuasion
54
72
Mathematics
53
35
Negotiation
52
56
Science
52
13
Management of Personnel Resources
50
75
Operations Analysis
49
28
Installation
48
0
Management of Financial Resources
47
38
Management of Material Resources
47
38
Quality Control Analysis
47
28
Troubleshooting
47
25
Technology Design
47
13
Equipment Selection
47
13
Equipment Maintenance
47
13
Operations Monitoring
46
38
Repairing
46
13
Programming
45
13
Operation and Control
43
38

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

83/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
7%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Monitoring

81/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
9%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Quality Control Analysis, Operations Monitoring, Systems Analysis

80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$146,910
10-yr growth
+5.7%
Skill gap
4%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Negotiation, Writing, Speaking, Reading Comprehension

80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$123,860
10-yr growth
+24.2%
Skill gap
12%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operations Analysis, Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, Negotiation

80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$141,900
10-yr growth
+4.9%
Skill gap
1%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Writing, Systems Analysis

#6LawyersLegal
80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$159,670
10-yr growth
+4.7%
Skill gap
8%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Negotiation, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.