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Police detective
Key facts
Employment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +4.4% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Police inspectors and detectives (ISCO 3355). Police inspectors and detectives investigate facts and circumstances relating to crimes committed in order to identify suspected offenders and obtain information not readily available or apparent concerning establishments or the circumstances and behaviour of persons, mostly in order to prevent crimes.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
16 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- chief detective
- chief inspector
- crime scene investigator
- criminal investigator
- detective constable
- detective inspector
- detective superintendent
- fingerprint officer
- forensic officer
- forensic science officer
- inspector of police
- police detective
- police inspector
- police superintendent
- scenes of crime officer
- superintendent
Training
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Gauges
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
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.