Career Explorer Management
Grows with AI
Personal service managers, all other
All personal service managers not listed separately.
More resilient than most: more resilient than 67% 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 +6.2% by 2035, 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)
- $69,770
- Job growth to 2035
- +6.2%
- Openings a year
- 2,000
- People doing it (2025)
- 25,500
- Usual route in
- High school diploma
Where people already use AI for this work
- Respond to customer problems or inquiries
- Teach academic or vocational subjects
- Evaluate programs, practices, or processes
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Maintain operational records
- Train others on operational or work procedures
- Develop organizational or program goals or objectives
What the work looks like
- Respond to customer inquiries or complaints.
- Maintain wellness- and fitness-related schedules, records, or reports.
- Develop or coordinate fitness and wellness programs or services.
- Perform accounting duties, such as recording daily cash flow, preparing bank deposits, or generating financial statements.
- Coordinate facility schedules to maximize usage and efficiency.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
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- ChoreographersHuman edge, steady, Index 84, +3.1%
Also known as: Fitness and Wellness Coordinator, Fitness and Wellness Director, Fitness Coordinator, Fitness Director, Massage Department Manager, Spa Director, Spa Operations Manager (Spa Ops Manager), Spa Supervisor.
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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.