Customs and Border Protection Officers
Investigate and inspect persons, common carriers, goods, and merchandise, arriving in or departing from the United States or between states to detect violations of immigration and customs laws and regulations.
$76,210 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).
of the working time. Estimate.
- 39%
- 0%
- 61%
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, 18%. Today's estimate: 20%.
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 . 11 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institute civil and criminal prosecutions and cooperate with other law enforcement agencies in the investigation and prosecution of those in violation of immigration or customs laws.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 20% | 5 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | 14%Half by Jul 2027 | |
| Examine immigration applications, visas, and passports and interview persons to determine eligibility for admission, residence, and travel in the U.S.Done hourly or more by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 17% | 38 min13 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Locate and seize contraband, undeclared merchandise, and vehicles, aircraft, or boats that contain such merchandise.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 15% | 2.5 h50 min to 1 work day | Stays with people | |
| Inspect cargo, baggage, and personal articles entering or leaving U.S. for compliance with revenue laws and U.S. customs regulations.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 14% | 38 min13 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Detain persons found to be in violation of customs or immigration laws and arrange for legal action, such as deportation.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 13% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Determine duty and taxes to be paid on goods.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 38 min8 min to 1.7 h | 84%Half by now | |
| Interpret and explain laws and regulations to travelers, prospective immigrants, shippers, and manufacturers.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 21 min8 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Record and report job-related activities, findings, transactions, violations, discrepancies, and decisions.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 33 min13 min to 1.3 h | 99%Half by now | |
| Collect samples of merchandise for examination, appraisal, or testing.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 1% | 25 min8 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Investigate applications for duty refunds and petition for remission or mitigation of penalties when warranted.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 0.6% | 2.1 h50 min to 5 h | 65%Half by now | |
| Testify regarding decisions at immigration appeals or in federal court.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 0.5% | 2.5 h1.3 h to 6.7 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.
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025). Counts are for the broader BLS group this job sits in.
Where the most of these jobs are
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