Bailiffs
Maintain order in courts of law.
17,310 people do this job in the US. $56,600 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 9%
- 0%
- 91%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 1%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 7%. Today's estimate: 8%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 15 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escort prisoners to and from courthouse and maintain custody of prisoners during court proceedings.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 22% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Maintain order in courtroom during trial and guard jury from outside contact.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 21% | 3.3 h50 min to 1 work day | Stays with people | |
| Provide security by patrolling interior and exterior of courthouse and escorting judges and other court employees.Done daily by most who do it. | 11% | 50 min17 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Guard lodging of sequestered jury.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 10% | 3.3 h1.7 h to 1.3 work days | Stays with people | |
| Screen persons entering courthouse using magnetometers, x-ray machines, and other devices to collect and retain unauthorized firearms and other contraband.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 10% | 25 min8 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Maintain court docket.Done daily by most who do it. | 8% | 50 min13 min to 1.7 h | 90%Half by now | |
| Enforce courtroom rules of behavior and warn persons not to smoke or disturb court procedure.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 17 min4 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Provide jury escort to restaurant and other areas outside of courtroom to prevent jury contact with public.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 5% | 1.7 h25 min to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Check courtroom for security and cleanliness and assure availability of sundry supplies, such as notepads, for use by judge, jurors, and attorneys.Done daily by most who do it. | 2% | 25 min8 min to 1.1 h | Stays with people | |
| Screen, control, and handle evidence and exhibits during court proceedings.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 2% | 50 min13 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Provide assistance to the public, such as directions to court offices.Done daily by most who do it. | 1% | 4 min2 min to 13 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Arrest persons in court when arrest warrants have been issued.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 0.9% | 38 min13 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers9% now, 9% by 2028
- Correctional Officers and Jailers12% now, 12% by 2028
- First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives29% now, 53% by 2028
- Detectives and Criminal Investigators35% now, 67% by 2028
- First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers18% now, 27% by 2028
- Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists42% now, 56% by 2028
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
Where the most of these jobs are
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