Will AI replace Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers?
AI reaches some of this job’s work, but most of it stays with people.
33/100
Moderate exposure
More exposed to AI than 50% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 23% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 55% of the work
What the job involves
Conduct hearings to recommend or make decisions on claims concerning government programs or other government-related matters. Determine liability, sanctions, or penalties, or recommend the acceptance or rejection of claims or settlements.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Already happening(3)
- Prepare written opinions and decisions.
- Research and analyze laws, regulations, policies, and precedent decisions to prepare for hearings and to determine conclusions.
- Determine existence and amount of liability according to current laws, administrative and judicial precedents, and available evidence.
Within reach(7)
- Explain to claimants how they can appeal rulings that go against them.
- Review and evaluate data on documents, such as claim applications, birth or death certificates, or physician or employer records.
- Schedule hearings.
- Confer with individuals or organizations involved in cases to obtain relevant information.
- Authorize payment of valid claims and determine method of payment.
and 2 more
Out of reach(4)
- Monitor and direct the activities of trials and hearings to ensure that they are conducted fairly and that courts administer justice while safeguarding the legal rights of all involved parties.
- Conduct hearings to review and decide claims regarding issues, such as social program eligibility, environmental protection, or enforcement of health and safety regulations.
- Rule on exceptions, motions, and admissibility of evidence.
- Issue subpoenas and administer oaths in preparation for formal hearings.
Also called
Hearings Officer · Adjudicator · Appeals Referee · Appeals Examiner · Hearing Officer · Hearings Examiner · Claims Adjudicator · Administrative Hearing Officer
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics