Will AI replace Loss Prevention Managers?
AI reaches some of this job’s work, but most of it stays with people.
37/100
Moderate exposure
More exposed to AI than 58% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 4% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 62% of the work
What the job involves
Plan and direct policies, procedures, or systems to prevent the loss of assets. Determine risk exposure or potential liability, and develop risk control measures.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Already happening(1)
- Identify potential for loss and develop strategies to eliminate it.
Within reach(16)
- Administer systems and programs to reduce loss, maintain inventory control, or increase safety.
- Train loss prevention staff, retail managers, or store employees on loss control and prevention measures.
- Provide recommendations and solutions in crisis situations such as workplace violence, protests, and demonstrations.
- Develop and maintain partnerships with federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies or members of the retail loss prevention community.
- Maintain documentation of all loss prevention activity.
and 11 more
Out of reach(10)
- Coordinate or conduct internal investigations of problems such as employee theft and violations of corporate loss prevention policies.
- Investigate or interview individuals suspected of shoplifting or internal theft.
- Monitor compliance to operational, safety, or inventory control procedures, including physical security standards.
- Verify correct use and maintenance of physical security systems, such as closed-circuit television, merchandise tags, and burglar alarms.
- Perform or direct inventory investigations in response to shrink results outside of acceptable ranges.
and 5 more
Also called
Loss Prevention Manager · Loss Prevention Supervisor · Asset Protection Manager · Loss Prevention Director · Logistics Loss Prevention Manager · Loss Control Manager · Loss Prevention Operations Director · Loss Prevention Operations Manager
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- Security Managers53/100
- Security Management Specialists42/100
- Compliance Managers54/100
- Management Analysts48/100
- Financial Risk Specialists58/100
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