Loss Prevention Managers
Plan and direct policies, procedures, or systems to prevent the loss of assets. Determine risk exposure or potential liability, and develop risk control measures.
$141,900 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).
of the working time. Estimate.
- 66%
- 25%
- 9%
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, 12%. 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 . 27 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Administer systems and programs to reduce loss, maintain inventory control, or increase safety.Done daily by most who do it. | 18% | 3.3 h50 min to 1.7 work days | 21%Half by May 2027 | |
| Coordinate theft and fraud investigations involving career criminals or organized group activities.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 9% | 1 work day3.3 h to 4.2 work days | 5%Half by Oct 2027 | |
| Identify potential for loss and develop strategies to eliminate it.Done more than weekly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 8% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.7 work days | 17%Half by Apr 2027 | |
| Assess security needs across locations to ensure proper deployment of loss prevention resources, such as staff and technology.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 6% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 1.7 work days | 9%Half by Jul 2027 | |
| Coordinate or conduct internal investigations of problems such as employee theft and violations of corporate loss prevention policies.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 6% | 6.7 h2.5 h to 3.1 work days | 9%Half by Aug 2027 | |
| Direct loss prevention audit programs including target store audits, maintenance audits, safety audits, or electronic article surveillance (EAS) audits.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 6% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.7 work days | Stays with people | |
| Visit stores to ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 5% | 4.2 h1.7 h to 1 work day | Stays with people | |
| Hire or supervise loss prevention staff.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Supervise surveillance, detection, or criminal processing related to theft and criminal cases.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 4% | 3.3 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Review loss prevention exception reports and cash discrepancies to ensure adherence to guidelines.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 1.7 h25 min to 3.3 h | 65%Half by now | |
| Maintain documentation of all loss prevention activity.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 50 min13 min to 1.7 h | 90%Half by now | |
| Monitor compliance to operational, safety, or inventory control procedures, including physical security standards.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | 46%Half by Oct 2026 |
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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Where this job works
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