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Will AI Replace Administrative Services Managers? (2026)

The Bureau of Labor Statistics places administrative services managers in its moderate AI exposure category, below the middle of the pack: some of the work overlaps with what AI can do, much of it does not. BLS projects employment to change by +5.2% over 2025–2035, against 3.5% for all occupations, with about 22,000 openings a year.

Short answer

Unlikely. BLS rates the work's exposure to AI as moderate, below the middle of the pack, and still projects employment to grow faster than average.

BLS AI exposure
ModerateBLS EP supplemental table
AI-resilience score
43/100Higher than 47% of jobs · NueCareer
Projected change
+5.2%BLS EP 2025–2035; all jobs 3.5%
Openings a year
22,000BLS EP 2025–2035

The federal measure

How exposed administrative services managers are to AI

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a relative AI exposure category for each occupation it projects, built from five public measures of where AI could be, or already is, used to assist with or complete the work. Administrative Services Managers land in the moderate category: below the middle of the pack: some of the work overlaps with what AI can do, much of it does not.

Where this job sits on the BLS scale

786 occupations in the NueCareer bank, in BLS's four relative categories; width shows how many fall in each

  1. Low203 occupations · 26%
  2. Moderate · this job194 occupations · 25%
  3. High190 occupations · 24%
  4. Very high199 occupations · 25%

Source: BLS Employment Projections, AI exposure categories supplemental table.

  1. Exposure is relative. The categories rank occupations against each other; they are not a probability that a job is automated.
  2. BLS says exposure does not imply job loss, productivity gains, automation probability or wage effects. A highly exposed job can still grow if AI makes the people in it more productive.
  3. The classification reflects AI capabilities as the underlying studies measured them. Read the BLS method and limitations.

Inside the work

What AI can and cannot do in this job

O*NET rates how important each work activity is to an occupation and how often each working condition comes up. The ratings below are the ones that move the job's NueCareer AI-resilience score the most: the ones that pull it up, and the ones that pull it down. Only ratings clearly above the midpoint count.

What holds up

Physical, hands-on and person-to-person work

  • Face-to-face discussions4.9/5
    O*NET work context, frequency or level
  • Establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships4.2/5
    O*NET work activity, importance
  • Resolving conflicts and negotiating with others3.6/5
    O*NET work activity, importance
  • Guiding, directing, and motivating subordinates3.9/5
    O*NET work activity, importance

What AI reaches first

Routine, repeatable and screen-based work

  • Documenting/recording information4.0/5
    O*NET work activity, importance
  • Performing administrative activities4.0/5
    O*NET work activity, importance
  • Processing information3.8/5
    O*NET work activity, importance
  • Getting information4.6/5
    O*NET work activity, importance

The tasks O*NET lists for administrative services managers

  • Analyze internal processes and recommend and implement procedural or policy changes to improve operations, such as supply changes or the disposal of records.
  • Set goals and deadlines for the department.
  • Prepare and review operational reports and schedules to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
  • Conduct classes to teach procedures to staff.
  • Acquire, distribute and store supplies.
  • Communicate with and provide guidance for external vendors and service providers to ensure the organization, department, or work unit's business needs are met.

O*NET 31.0 Database task statements, most important first.

The jobs

Will there still be jobs?

Exposure says where AI meets the work. The BLS projection says what the labor market is expected to do over 2025–2035. BLS projects +5.2% change in employment over the decade, against 3.5% across all occupations, and about 22,000 openings a year once retirements and career changes are counted. About 263,960 people work in the job today, at a median of $114,130 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025).

Full administrative services manager profile: pay by state, entry route and skills

Questions

Will AI Replace Administrative Services Managers? FAQ

Will AI replace administrative services managers?

Unlikely. BLS rates the work's exposure to AI as moderate, below the middle of the pack, and still projects employment to grow faster than average. BLS defines exposure as AI being able to assist with or complete some of the work, and says it does not imply job loss, productivity gains or wage effects. BLS projects employment to change by +5.2% over 2025–2035, against 3.5% for all occupations, with about 22,000 openings a year.

How exposed are administrative services managers to AI?

BLS sorts 786 occupations into four relative categories: low, moderate, high and very high. Administrative Services Managers are in the moderate category, alongside 193 other occupations. The categories combine five public measures of where AI could be or already is used, and they compare occupations with each other rather than giving an absolute risk.

What parts of an administrative services manager's job can AI do?

In O*NET's description of the work, the parts that overlap most with what AI handles well are documenting/recording information, performing administrative activities and processing information. The parts that hold up best are face-to-face discussions, establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships and resolving conflicts and negotiating with others. These come from O*NET ratings of how important each activity is to the job, read through NueCareer's AI-resilience method.

Is being an administrative services manager a safe career from AI?

On NueCareer's AI-resilience score, built from O*NET work activities, administrative services managers score 43 out of 100, higher than 47% of the occupations we score. The job pays a median of $114,130 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025). No job is fully safe from technological change, but the federal exposure category and the projected openings are the two numbers worth weighing.

The AI exposure category is the Bureau of Labor Statistics'. The AI-resilience score and the activity breakdown are NueCareer's analysis of O*NET 31.0 Database data (method), not a federal figure. More: jobs most exposed to AI, jobs least exposed to AI, or check any job.