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Customs officer
Key facts
Employment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: low according to the ILO, high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +0.5% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Customs and border inspectors (ISCO 3351). Customs and border inspectors check persons and vehicles crossing national borders to administer and enforce relevant government rules and regulations.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
36 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- airport baggage worker
- airport cargo worker
- airport customs agent
- airport customs controller
- airport customs worker
- airport luggage worker
- airport security worker
- baggage checker
- baggage examiner
- baggage inspector
- border force officer
- border force official
- border guard
- cargo checker
- cargo examiner
- customs & excise officer
- customs and excise duty officer
- customs and excise officer
- customs and excise official
- customs control agent
- customs control officer
- customs inspector
- customs officer
- detection officer
- governmental customs agent
- hand baggage checker
- hand baggage examiner
- hand baggage inspector
- hand luggage checker
- hand luggage examiner
- hand luggage inspector
- hand-luggage inspector
- immigration guard
- immigration officer
- immigration official
- passport checking officer
Training
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Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.