School Bus Monitors
Protective Service Occupations- O*NET-SOC code
- 33-9094.00
Maintain order among students on a school bus. Duties include helping students safely board and exit and communicating behavioral problems. May perform pretrip and posttrip inspections and prepare for and assist in emergency evacuations.
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
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: ILOPublished: 2025
0.20
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
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
- Data source: OpenAIPublished: 2023
0.194
0.000Range of values carried here0.844Scale, basis and source
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.
Task-level exposure
Exposed tasks only18 rated tasks · 3 tasks with β ≥ 0.5 (16.7%)
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
Values in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.
| Task (O*NET 27.2) | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Announce routes or stops.O*NET Task ID 23081 | 1.0 |
Report delays, accidents, or other traffic and transportation situations to dispatchers or other bus drivers, using phones or mobile two-way radios.O*NET Task ID 23095 | 1.0 |
Write and submit reports that include data such as the number of passengers or trips, hours worked, mileage driven, or fuel consumed.O*NET Task ID 23098 | 1.0 |
Assist disabled children or children with psychological, emotional, or behavioral issues with boarding and exiting the school bus.O*NET Task ID 23082 | 0.0 |
Buckle seatbelts or fasten wheelchair tie-down straps to secure passengers for transportation.O*NET Task ID 23083 | 0.0 |
Clean school bus interiors by picking up waste, wiping down windows, or vacuuming.O*NET Task ID 23084 | 0.0 |
Direct students boarding and exiting the school bus.O*NET Task ID 23085 | 0.0 |
Direct students evacuating the bus during safety drills.O*NET Task ID 23086 | 0.0 |
Escort young children across roads or highways.O*NET Task ID 23087 | 0.0 |
Evacuate students from the school bus in emergency situations.O*NET Task ID 23088 | 0.0 |
Guide the driver when the bus is moving in reverse gear.O*NET Task ID 23089 | 0.0 |
Monitor for trains at railroad crossings and signal the bus driver when it is safe to proceed.O*NET Task ID 23090 | 0.0 |
Monitor the conduct of students to maintain discipline and safety.O*NET Task ID 23091 | 0.0 |
Open and close school bus doors for students.O*NET Task ID 23092 | 0.0 |
Operate a wheelchair lift to load or unload wheelchairs.O*NET Task ID 23093 | 0.0 |
Prevent or defuse altercations between students.O*NET Task ID 23094 | 0.0 |
Respond to students' questions, requests, or complaints.O*NET Task ID 23096 | 0.0 |
Talk to children's parents or guardians about problematic behaviors, emotional or developmental problems, or related issues.O*NET Task ID 23097 | 0.0 |
β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.
Data sources & licenses — O*NET®, Eloundou et al. (2023): see full notices on the Credits page
All O*NET 31.0 task statements (18)
All O*NET 31.0 task statements for this occupation (English, as published; task type core or supplemental). Exposure values are not listed here; they are in the table above, next to each task statement as worded in the O*NET version each source used.
| Task (O*NET 31.0) | Type |
|---|---|
| Announce routes or stops. | Core |
| Assist children with disabilities or children with psychological, emotional, or behavioral issues with boarding and exiting the school bus. | Core |
| Buckle seatbelts or fasten wheelchair tie-down straps to secure passengers for transportation. | Core |
| Clean school bus interiors by picking up waste, wiping down windows, or vacuuming. | Core |
| Direct students boarding and exiting the school bus. | Core |
| Direct students evacuating the bus during safety drills. | Core |
| Escort young children across roads or highways. | Core |
| Evacuate students from the school bus in emergency situations. | Core |
| Guide the driver when the bus is moving in reverse gear. | Core |
| Monitor the conduct of students to maintain discipline and safety. | Core |
| Operate a wheelchair lift to load or unload wheelchairs. | Core |
| Prevent or defuse altercations between students. | Core |
| Report delays, accidents, or other traffic and transportation situations to dispatchers or other bus drivers, using phones or mobile two-way radios. | Core |
| Respond to students' questions, requests, or complaints. | Core |
| Talk to children's parents or guardians about problematic behaviors, emotional or developmental problems, or related issues. | Core |
| Write and submit reports that include data such as the number of passengers or trips, hours worked, mileage driven, or fuel consumed. | Core |
| Monitor for trains at railroad crossings and signal the bus driver when it is safe to proceed. | Supplemental |
| Open and close school bus doors for students. | Supplemental |
0.05/ 3· Robot exposure index
Scale, basis and source
Each physical task is graded 0–3 by the setting in which robots that have been deployed, sold or demonstrated could do it (0 none · 1 purpose-built robot settings such as a fenced machine cell or a bottling line · 2 structured facilities such as a hospital pharmacy or a container port · 3 unstructured settings such as a private home or a construction site), and the grades are averaged by share of working time
Physical tasks among this occupation's O*NET 29.3 tasks
Anthropic estimated the grades and time shares with Claude Opus 5 using web search, as of 2026.
The robot exposure index is a different measure from the AI exposure figures on this site and cannot be added to or compared with them. It does not measure actual adoption or cost, and 0 also covers occupations with no physical tasks.
Tier of each physical task
Robot environment tiers (E0–E3)
E0 noneDetails
Rated not doable by robots that have been deployed, sold or demonstrated, even in a purpose-built setting
E1 purpose-built robot settingsDetails
Rated doable in a setting built around the machine, such as a fenced machine cell or a bottling line
E2 structured facilitiesDetails
Rated doable in a human work facility that an institution keeps to a working standard, such as a hospital pharmacy or a container port
E3 unstructured settingsDetails
Rated doable in a setting that no institution keeps to a working standard, such as a private home or a construction site
Only tasks classified as physical are listed; other tasks have no tier in the source.
| Task (O*NET 29.3) | Robot environment tier |
|---|---|
| Assist children with disabilities or children with psychological, emotional, or behavioral issues with boarding and exiting the school bus. | E0 none |
| Buckle seatbelts or fasten wheelchair tie-down straps to secure passengers for transportation. | E0 none |
| Clean school bus interiors by picking up waste, wiping down windows, or vacuuming. | E0 none |
| Direct students boarding and exiting the school bus. | E0 none |
| Direct students evacuating the bus during safety drills. | E0 none |
| Escort young children across roads or highways. | E0 none |
| Evacuate students from the school bus in emergency situations. | E0 none |
| Open and close school bus doors for students. | E2 structured facilities |
| Operate a wheelchair lift to load or unload wheelchairs. | E0 none |
Occupation information
Employment outlook (BLS)
- Employment, 2025
- 77K
- Projected employment, 2035
- 75K
- Change (2025–35)
- -1.9%
- Median annual wage, 2025
- $35,100
- Typical education needed for entry
- High school diploma or equivalent
Korea classification links (KSCO)
Links from the current release of the Korea Occupation Direct Crosswalk v1.1, made by AI Changing Work. Relation values are read from the O*NET-SOC occupation side.
| KSCO code | KSCO title | Relation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99999 | 그 외 서비스 관련 단순 종사원 | This occupation is narrower | confirmed |
Relation and status definitions(kr-direct v1.1)
ILO occupational description
AI Changing Work links the ISCO-08 unit groups below to this occupation by applying the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (2018 SOC to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to ISCO-08) as published, without case-by-case selection; each link may be whole or partial.
- ISCO-08 5419Protective Services Workers Not Elsewhere Classified
The definition, tasks and examples below are the ILO's description of that unit group, not of this occupation.
This unit group covers protective services workers not classified elsewhere in Minor Group 541: Protective Services Workers. For instance, the unit group includes lifeguards, crossing guards and animal control officers.
Tasks
- (a) patrolling beaches and swimming pools to prevent accidents and to rescue bathers from drowning;
- (b) monitoring traffic flow to locate safe gaps through which pedestrians can cross streets;
- (c) responding to citizen complaints concerning stray domestic animals, livestock and wildlife, issuing warnings and citations to owners and impounding lost, homeless and dangerous animals;
- (d) patrolling an assigned area to enforce parking regulations;
- (e) directing traffic.
Example occupations
Animal control officer · Beach patrolman/woman · Crossing guard · Game warden · Lifeguard · Traffic warden
Sources: ILO ISCO-08 — details: Credits
ESCO occupational vocabulary
Each entry below is matched to this occupation in the published ESCO-O*NET Crosswalk (version 1, 2022). The match types are that crosswalk's; the wording is AI Changing Work's.
- school bus attendantESCO 5311.2Same scope
School bus attendants monitor the activities on schoolbuses to ensure and supervise the students' safety and good behaviour. They help children on and off the bus, support the driver and provide assistance in case of emergency.
Source: European Commission, DG EMPL — ESCO API 2026-08-08 (bridge v1.2.1)
License: CC BY 4.0 (EU Reuse Notice)
ESCO reuse terms and the modification notice are in Credits.
France classification links (ROME)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and ROME 4.0 job profiles, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side. Links marked “provisional” were adopted on the judgments of two judges from the same model family (Claude) alone, or by an operator rule applied to their judgments, so they rest on weaker evidence than confirmed links.
| ROME code | ROME title (French) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| K2104 | Surveillant / Surveillante en milieu scolaire | Related, not a matchprovisional |
| N2207 | Agent / Agente d'accompagnement du transport | Related, not a matchprovisional |
Source: France Travail — Répertoire Opérationnel des Métiers et des Emplois (ROME 4.0), version 61, last updated 15 June 2026 (https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/repertoire-operationnel-des-metiers-et-des-emplois-rome). Licence Ouverte 2.0.
ROME codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET-SOC occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a France Travail correspondence.
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Spain classification links (CNO-11)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and CNO-11 occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| CNO-11 code | CNO-11 title (Spanish) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 5721 | Cuidadores de niños en guarderías y centros educativos | This occupation is narrowerprovisional |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), National Classification of Occupations 2011 (CNO-11, Royal Decree 1591/2010) — www.ine.es · Licensed CC BY 4.0. CNO-11 codes and Spanish titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not an INE correspondence.
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Germany classification links (KldB)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and KldB occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| KldB code | KldB title (German) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 83111 | Berufe in der Kinderbetreuung und -erziehung - Helfer-/Anlerntätigkeiten | Related, not a match |
| 83131 | Berufe in Heilerziehungspflege und Sonderpädagogik - Helfer-/Anlerntätigkeiten | Related, not a match |
Source: © Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Klassifikation der Berufe 2010 – überarbeitete Fassung 2020, https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de. KldB codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own mapping (eigene Zuordnung) and are not a Bundesagentur für Arbeit correspondence.
(AI Changing Work link release: de-direct v1)
Japan classification links (JSCO)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and JSCO occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| JSCO code | JSCO title (Japanese) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 631 | 車掌 | Related, not a matchprovisional |
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan Standard Occupational Classification (Dec. 2009, MIC Notification No. 555). JSCO codes and Japanese titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a MIC correspondence.
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