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Project Management Specialists
Also filed here: Project manager, Program manager, Programme manager, Scrum master, Delivery manager, Pmo
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AI performs some of this work. Most of it still needs a person. The BLS expects 6.7% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #210 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +6.7% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $102,320 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 1.1 million in the US, with about 76,500 openings a year
The work, 18 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
AI does this: Plan work activities9%
AI performed this in about 1 in 720 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
Still yours: Direct scientific or technical activities9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Perform recruiting or hiring activities9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Gather data about operational or development activities5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 251 conversations, and it got them there 88% of the time.
Still yours: Monitor financial data or activities5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Select materials or equipment for operations or projects5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 529 Copilot conversations and completed it 94% of the time.
Still yours: Develop organizational policies, systems, or processes5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Prepare financial documents, reports, or budgets5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Present research or technical information5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 30 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
Still yours: Prepare reports of operational or procedural activities5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Explain technical details of products or services5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 43 Copilot conversations and completed it 91% of the time.
AI does this: Communicate with others about operational plans or activities5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 354 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
AI helps with this: Coordinate with others to resolve problems5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 738 conversations, and it got them there 83% of the time.
AI does this: Communicate with others about business strategies5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,508 Copilot conversations and completed it 95% of the time.
Still yours: Supervise personnel activities5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Direct construction or extraction activities5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assign work to others5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 107 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 76,500 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 34% of the workEducation Administrators, Postsecondary19% AI does, against 32% here+1.8% by 2035 · $104,590 · Master’s degree
- Shares 28% of the workChief Executives25% AI does, against 32% here+3.2% by 2035 · $213,990 · Bachelor’s degree
- Shares 27% of the workMaterials Engineers26% AI does, against 32% here+7.5% by 2035 · $112,860 · Bachelor’s degree
The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Work front:
How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.18, higher than 65% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 13-1082 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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