Career Explorer Management
Grows with AI
Medical and health services managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate medical and health services in hospitals, clinics, managed care organizations, public health agencies, or similar organizations.
More resilient than most: more resilient than 76% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it high), and US jobs are projected to change by +24.2% by 2035, much faster than average. The work leans on emotional intelligence and creative vision.
AI can help with many of the tasks, and demand is still growing. Being fluent with AI is the edge here.
- Median pay (2025)
- $123,860
- Job growth to 2035
- +24.2%
- Openings a year
- 62,300
- People doing it (2025)
- 640,000
- Usual route in
- Bachelor's degree
Where people already use AI for this work
- Implement procedures or processes
- Develop operational or technical procedures or standards
- Design computer or information systems or applications
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Train others on operational or work procedures
- Supervise personnel activities
- Evaluate personnel capabilities or performance
What the work looks like
- Direct, supervise and evaluate work activities of medical, nursing, technical, clerical, service, maintenance, and other personnel.
- Develop and maintain computerized record management systems to store and process data, such as personnel activities and information, and to produce reports.
- Plan, implement, and administer programs and services in a health care or medical facility, including personnel administration, training, and coordination of medical, nursing and physical plant staff.
- Conduct and administer fiscal operations, including accounting, planning budgets, authorizing expenditures, establishing rates for services, and coordinating financial reporting.
- Maintain awareness of advances in medicine, computerized diagnostic and treatment equipment, data processing technology, government regulations, health insurance changes, and financing options.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
What the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects
- More of these jobs, as the growing complexity of healthcare delivery increases the demand for medical and health services managers.
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Also known as: Clinical Director, Health Information Management Director (HIM Director), Health Information Manager (HIM Manager), Nursing Director, Cancer Center Director, Healthcare System Director, Medical Records Director, Medical Records Manager.
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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.