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Grows with AI
Management analysts
Conduct organizational studies and evaluations, design systems and procedures, conduct work simplification and measurement studies, and prepare operations and procedures manuals to assist management in operating more efficiently and effectively. Includes program analysts and management consultants.
In the middle of the pack: more resilient than 49% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is very high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it very high), and US jobs are projected to change by +10.1% by 2035, much faster than average. The work leans on creative vision and emotional intelligence.
AI can help with many of the tasks, and demand is still growing. Being fluent with AI is the edge here.
- Median pay (2025)
- $101,860
- Job growth to 2035
- +10.1%
- Openings a year
- 94,100
- People doing it (2025)
- 1.1 million
- Usual route in
- Bachelor's degree
Where people already use AI for this work
- Develop operational or technical procedures or standards
- Advise others on business or operational matters
- Present research or technical information
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Communicate with others about business strategies
- Analyze data to improve operations
- Train others on operational or work procedures
What the work looks like
- Gather and organize information on problems or procedures.
- Confer with personnel concerned to ensure successful functioning of newly implemented systems or procedures.
- Analyze data gathered and develop solutions or alternative methods of proceeding.
- Document findings of study and prepare recommendations for implementation of new systems, procedures, or organizational changes.
- Plan study of work problems and procedures, such as organizational change, communications, information flow, integrated production methods, inventory control, or cost analysis.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
What the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects
- More of these jobs, as government agencies increasingly seek the expertise of public sector consultants.
- More of these jobs, as an expected increase in business activities and investments into digital technology increase demand to manage and analyze new business operations by managing offices.
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Also known as: Business Analyst, Business Consultant, Management Analyst, Management Consultant, Administrative Analyst, Employment Programs Analyst, Organizational Development Consultant, Performance Management Analyst.
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.