Customs Brokers
Business and Financial Operations Occupations- O*NET-SOC code
- 13-1041.08
Prepare customs documentation and ensure that shipments meet all applicable laws to facilitate the import and export of goods. Determine and track duties and taxes payable and process payments on behalf of client. Sign documents under a power of attorney. Represent clients in meetings with customs officials and apply for duty refunds and tariff reclassifications. Coordinate transportation and storage of imported goods.
AI exposure
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
Very high· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.121
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Observed exposure index, 0–1 as published
Mapped onto O*NET tasks
Published per SOC 2018 occupation; every O*NET occupation with the same SOC 2018 code carries this value
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.32–0.45· 3 ISCO-08 groups
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
Published per ISCO-08 unit group. Linked to this occupation, wholly or in part, by applying U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC) as published
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
ILO value for each linked ISCO-08 group
- ISCO-08 3351Customs and Border Inspectors0.32
- ISCO-08 3353Government Social Benefits Officials0.45
- ISCO-08 3354Government Licensing Officials0.43
AI exposure (OpenAI rubric)
23 rated tasks · 23 tasks with β ≥ 0.5 (100.0%)
β = direct exposure (E1) + 0.5 × exposure when tools are available (E2), per the source repository's definition.
- Source unit: O*NET 27.2 tasks → O*NET 31.0 occupation code
- All rated tasks are in the O*NET 31.0 task list.
- Source
- OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" exposure rubric
- Release
- gh-main-0471612
- License
- MIT License, Copyright (c) 2024 OpenAI
Tasks
Task statements from the O*NET® 31.0 Database, core tasks first.
| Task | Type | β (OpenAI) |
|---|---|---|
| Sign documents on behalf of clients, using powers of attorney. | Core | 1 |
| Provide advice on transportation options, types of carriers, or shipping routes. | Core | 0.5 |
| Post bonds for the products being imported or assist clients in obtaining bonds. | Core | 0.5 |
| Insure cargo against loss, damage, or pilferage. | Core | 0.5 |
| Obtain line releases for frequent shippers of low-risk commodities, high-volume entries, or multiple-container loads. | Core | 0.5 |
| Contract with freight forwarders for destination services. | Core | 0.5 |
| Arrange for transportation, warehousing, or product distribution of imported or exported products. | Core | 0.5 |
| Suggest best methods of packaging or labeling products. | Core | 0.5 |
| Request or compile necessary import documentation, such as customs invoices, certificates of origin, and cargo-control documents. | Core | 0.5 |
| Stay abreast of changes in import or export laws or regulations by reading current literature, attending meetings or conferences, or conferring with colleagues. | Core | 0.5 |
| Quote duty and tax rates on goods to be imported, based on federal tariffs and excise taxes. | Core | 1 |
| Prepare papers for shippers to appeal duty charges. | Core | 1 |
| Pay, or arrange for payment of, taxes and duties on shipments. | Core | 0.5 |
| Monitor or trace the location of goods. | Core | 0.5 |
| Inform importers and exporters of steps to reduce duties and taxes. | Core | 0.5 |
| Confer with officials in various agencies to facilitate clearance of goods through customs and quarantine. | Core | 0.5 |
| Classify goods according to tariff coding system. | Core | 1 |
| Calculate duty and tariff payments owed on shipments. | Core | 1 |
| Apply for tariff concessions or for duty drawbacks and other refunds. | Core | 0.5 |
| Advise customers on import and export restrictions, tariff systems, insurance requirements, quotas, or other customs-related matters. | Core | 0.5 |
| Prepare and process import and export documentation according to customs regulations, laws, or procedures. | Core | 1 |
| Clear goods through customs and to their destinations for clients. | Core | 0.5 |
| Maintain relationships with customs brokers in other ports to expedite clearing of cargo. | Supplemental | 0.5 |
Occupation information
Sources and attribution
This page includes information from the O*NET® 31.0 Database (https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html) by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. AI Changing Work has modified all or some of this information: the O*NET-SOC code, title and task statements are reproduced in English without change; task-type labels are shown in the page's language and tasks are listed core first; any Korean occupation title shown on the Korean-language page is AI Changing Work's translation; any KSCO-8 unit groups linked to this occupation were paired with it by AI Changing Work's judgment, and the relation labels and statuses are AI Changing Work's additions. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.
Any AI exposure figures on this page are published by third parties, not by AI Changing Work, and none is part of the O*NET information. OpenAI publishes task-level scores (MIT License) for O*NET 27.2 task statements; each is shown next to the O*NET 31.0 task statement with the same task ID, whose wording can differ from the 27.2 statement that was scored. OpenAI also publishes occupation-level scores for O*NET-SOC codes in the same release, and any such score is shown on the O*NET occupation with the same code. Anthropic publishes an observed exposure index in the Anthropic Economic Index (CC-BY), and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes relative AI exposure categories (public domain); both are published per SOC code, and each value is shown on every O*NET occupation with that code. The International Labour Organization publishes a generative AI exposure index in ILO Working Paper 140 (CC BY 4.0) for ISCO-08 unit groups; AI Changing Work links those groups to O*NET occupations by applying the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC and 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC crosswalks as published, without case-by-case selection, and these crosswalks match many groups only in part. Where several unit groups are linked, each group's published value is listed, and any summary shows only the lowest and highest of those values with the number of groups; no exposure figure is averaged or recalculated. Any employment figures are published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for the SOC group containing this occupation. Each source is credited where its figures are shown.
O*NET OnLine: 13-1041.08 Customs Brokers
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