Fish and Game Wardens
Patrol assigned area to prevent fish and game law violations. Investigate reports of damage to crops or property by wildlife. Compile biological data.
5,770 people do this job in the US. $74,060 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
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- 3%
- 90%
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, 1%. Today's estimate: 1%.
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrol assigned areas by car, boat, airplane, horse, or on foot to enforce game, fish, or boating laws or to manage wildlife programs, lakes, or land.Done daily by most who do it. | 36% | 5 h1.7 h to 1 work day | Stays with people | |
| Protect and preserve native wildlife, plants, or ecosystems.Done daily by most who do it. | 32% | 3.3 h50 min to 1.7 work days | Stays with people | |
| Recommend revisions in hunting and trapping regulations or in animal management programs so that wildlife balances or habitats can be maintained.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 6% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 9%Half by Aug 2027 | |
| Investigate hunting accidents or reports of fish or game law violations.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 5% | 4.2 h1.3 h to 2.1 work days | Stays with people | |
| Compile and present evidence for court actions.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 3% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.7 work days | Stays with people | |
| Design or implement control measures to prevent or counteract damage caused by wildlife or people.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 3% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | Stays with people | |
| Issue warnings or citations and file reports as necessary.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 2% | 38 min17 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Provide assistance to other local law enforcement agencies as required.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 2% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Collect and report information on populations or conditions of fish and wildlife in their habitats, availability of game food or cover, or suspected pollution.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 2% | 3.3 h1.3 h to 1 work day | Stays with people | |
| Provide advice or information to park or reserve visitors.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 2% | 13 min4 min to 38 min | Stays with people | |
| Perform facilities maintenance work, such as constructing or repairing structures or controlling weeds or pests.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 1.0% | 5 h50 min to 1.3 work days | Stays with people | |
| Promote or provide hunter or trapper safety training.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 0.9% | 4.2 h1.7 h to 1 work day | 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.
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