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Transport conductor
Key facts
This job is declining in the United States. AI exposure: low according to the ILO, high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: −1.7% (BLS). Future-proof jobs use similar skills: see "What next?".
The job
Transport conductors (ISCO 5112). Transport conductors check and issue tickets and ensure the safety and comfort of passengers on trains, trams, buses and other public transport vehicles.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
33 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- cable vehicle attendant
- chief conductor
- chief guard
- chief train conductor
- conductor crew supervisor
- conductor on trains
- controller
- controller of cable vehicle fares
- customer transit agent
- fare controller
- passenger fare controller
- passenger representative
- passenger ticket attendant
- passenger ticket controller
- rail conductor
- railway conductor
- railway customer service agent
- railway customer service representative
- railway customer transit agent
- railway passenger agent
- railway passenger service agent
- railway station customer service agent
- railway station customer service representative
- railway transportation service representative
- ticket conductor
- ticket controller
- ticket inspector
- train attendant
- train chief conductor
- train conductor
- train conductors supervisor
- train crew supervisor
- train guard
What next?
Future-proof jobs that draw on skills close to this one. They are leads to explore, not an assessment of your profile.
- ChangingTrain driver
- ChangingBus driver
- ChangingFlight attendant
Indicative matches: at launch they will come from the skills listed in official occupational directories.
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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
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.