First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of correctional officers and jailers.
53,380 people do this job in the US. $77,970 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 27%
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- 73%
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, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 14%. Today's estimate: 18%.
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 . 23 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supervise and direct the work of correctional officers to ensure the safe custody, discipline, and welfare of inmates.Done daily by most who do it. | 18% | 1.7 h25 min to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Maintain order, discipline, and security within assigned areas in accordance with relevant rules, regulations, policies, and laws.Done daily by most who do it. | 9% | 50 min25 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Monitor behavior of subordinates to ensure alert, courteous, and professional behavior toward inmates, parolees, fellow employees, visitors, and the public.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 50 min13 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Develop work or security procedures.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 3.3 h50 min to 6.7 h | 32%Half by Jan 2027 | |
| Transfer or transport offenders on foot or by driving vehicles, such as trailers, vans, or buses.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 1.7 h25 min to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Supervise activities, such as searches, shakedowns, riot control, or institutional tours.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 1.7 h38 min to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Maintain knowledge of, comply with, and enforce all institutional policies, rules, procedures, and regulations.Done hourly or more by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 5% | 25 min13 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Supervise or provide security for offenders performing tasks, such as construction, maintenance, laundry, food service, or other industrial or agricultural operations.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 1.7 h25 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Set up employee work schedules.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 1.7 h25 min to 4.2 h | 57%Half by now | |
| Complete administrative paperwork or supervise the preparation or maintenance of records, forms, or reports.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 5% | 50 min17 min to 2.5 h | 87%Half by now | |
| Instruct employees or provide on-the-job training.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 50 min25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Supervise or perform searches of inmates or their quarters to locate contraband items.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 38 min17 min to 2.5 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.
- Correctional Officers and Jailers12% now, 12% by 2028
- Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists42% now, 56% by 2028
- First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers20% now, 37% by 2028
- First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives29% now, 53% by 2028
- Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers9% now, 9% by 2028
- Detectives and Criminal Investigators35% now, 67% by 2028
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
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