Railroad Conductors
Transportation & Material MovingAI exposure
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
Moderate· 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
0.000
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.17
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
ISCO-08 unit group — every occupation sharing the code gets this value
Computed by this site, not published by the ILO: of the 1,012 occupations this site links to the ILO dataset, 91% score at or above this value.
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 only| Task | Claude.aiRaw / share % |
|---|---|
Receive information regarding train or rail problems from dispatchers or from electronic monitoring devices.53-4031 | 0.0024100.0 |
| Not observed on any surface — 21 task(s) — These tasks have no row in the source for this release. The 0 in the share row is a display-stage composition ratio; absence is what the — in the raw row states. | |
Signal engineers to begin train runs, stop trains, or change speed, using telecommunications equipment or hand signals. | —0 |
Direct and instruct workers engaged in yard activities, such as switching tracks, coupling and uncoupling cars, and routing inbound and outbound traffic. | —0 |
Keep records of the contents and destination of each train car, and make sure that cars are added or removed at proper points on routes. | —0 |
Operate controls to activate track switches and traffic signals. | —0 |
Direct engineers to move cars to fit planned train configurations, combining or separating cars to make up or break up trains. | —0 |
Receive instructions from dispatchers regarding trains' routes, timetables, and cargoes. | —0 |
Review schedules, switching orders, way bills, and shipping records to obtain cargo loading and unloading information and to plan work. | —0 |
Confer with engineers regarding train routes, timetables, and cargoes, and to discuss alternative routes when there are rail defects or obstructions. | —0 |
Arrange for the removal of defective cars from trains at stations or stops. | —0 |
Inspect each car periodically during runs. | —0 |
Document and prepare reports of accidents, unscheduled stops, or delays. | —0 |
Confirm routes and destination information for freight cars. | —0 |
Verify accuracy of timekeeping instruments with engineers to ensure trains depart on time. | —0 |
Instruct workers to set warning signals in front and at rear of trains during emergency stops. | —0 |
Observe yard traffic to determine tracks available to accommodate inbound and outbound traffic. | —0 |
Supervise and coordinate crew activities to transport freight and passengers and to provide boarding, porter, maid, and meal services to passengers. | —0 |
Supervise workers in the inspection and maintenance of mechanical equipment to ensure efficient and safe train operation. | —0 |
Record departure and arrival times, messages, tickets and revenue collected, and passenger accommodations and destinations. | —0 |
Inspect freight cars for compliance with sealing procedures and record car numbers and seal numbers. | —0 |
Collect tickets, fares, or passes from passengers. | —0 |
Instruct workers to regulate air conditioning, lighting, and heating in passenger cars to ensure passengers' comfort. | —0 |
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 | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Document and prepare reports of accidents, unscheduled stops, or delays.O*NET Task ID 10703 | 1.0 |
Record departure and arrival times, messages, tickets and revenue collected, and passenger accommodations and destinations.O*NET Task ID 10707 | 1.0 |
Receive information regarding train or rail problems from dispatchers or from electronic monitoring devices.O*NET Task ID 10691 | 0.5 |
Keep records of the contents and destination of each train car, and make sure that cars are added or removed at proper points on routes.O*NET Task ID 10693 | 0.5 |
Receive instructions from dispatchers regarding trains' routes, timetables, and cargoes.O*NET Task ID 10697 | 0.5 |
Review schedules, switching orders, way bills, and shipping records to obtain cargo loading and unloading information and to plan work.O*NET Task ID 10698 | 0.5 |
Confer with engineers regarding train routes, timetables, and cargoes, and to discuss alternative routes when there are rail defects or obstructions.O*NET Task ID 10699 | 0.5 |
Observe yard traffic to determine tracks available to accommodate inbound and outbound traffic.O*NET Task ID 10702 | 0.5 |
Confirm routes and destination information for freight cars.O*NET Task ID 10704 | 0.5 |
Inspect freight cars for compliance with sealing procedures, and record car numbers and seal numbers.O*NET Task ID 10708 | 0.5 |
Signal engineers to begin train runs, stop trains, or change speed, using telecommunications equipment or hand signals.O*NET Task ID 10690 | 0.0 |
Direct and instruct workers engaged in yard activities, such as switching tracks, coupling and uncoupling cars, and routing inbound and outbound traffic.O*NET Task ID 10692 | 0.0 |
Operate controls to activate track switches and traffic signals.O*NET Task ID 10694 | 0.0 |
Instruct workers to set warning signals in front and at rear of trains during emergency stops.O*NET Task ID 10695 | 0.0 |
Direct engineers to move cars to fit planned train configurations, combining or separating cars to make up or break up trains.O*NET Task ID 10696 | 0.0 |
Arrange for the removal of defective cars from trains at stations or stops.O*NET Task ID 10700 | 0.0 |
Inspect each car periodically during runs.O*NET Task ID 10701 | 0.0 |
Supervise and coordinate crew activities to transport freight and passengers and to provide boarding, porter, maid, and meal services to passengers.O*NET Task ID 10705 | 0.0 |
Supervise workers in the inspection and maintenance of mechanical equipment to ensure efficient and safe train operation.O*NET Task ID 10706 | 0.0 |
Collect tickets, fares, or passes from passengers.O*NET Task ID 10709 | 0.0 |
Verify accuracy of timekeeping instruments with engineers to ensure trains depart on time.O*NET Task ID 10710 | 0.0 |
Instruct workers to regulate air conditioning, lighting, and heating in passenger cars to ensure passengers' comfort.O*NET Task ID 10711 | 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.
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