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Purchasing Managers
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AI performs some of this work. Most of it still needs a person. The BLS expects 4% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #340 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +4% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $148,080 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 88,300 in the US, with about 6,400 openings a year
The work, 19 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
Still yours: Prepare financial documents, reports, or budgets10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Implement procedures or processes10%
AI performed this in about 1 in 377 Copilot conversations and completed it 89% of the time.
Still yours: Interview people to obtain information9%
People try AI for this, but it seldom finishes the work in full.
Still yours: Analyze data to improve operations8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Manage budgets or finances7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Develop organizational policies, systems, or processes6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Coordinate activities with clients, agencies, or organizations6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Supervise personnel activities4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Train others on operational or work procedures4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 348 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
Still yours: Perform recruiting or hiring activities4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Evaluate the quality or accuracy of data4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 683 Copilot conversations and completed it 82% of the time.
Still yours: Examine financial activities, operations, or systems4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Authorize business activities or transactions4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Resolve personnel or operational problems4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain operational records4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Negotiate contracts or agreements4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Prepare documentation for contracts, applications, or permits4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,066 conversations, and it got them there 94% of the time.
AI does this: Develop technical specifications for products or operations3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,901 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
Still yours: Schedule operational activities2%
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 104 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 6,400 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 24% of the workFirst-Line Supervisors of Security Workers6% AI does, against 21% here+3.7% by 2035 · $55,940 · High school diploma
- Shares 23% of the workFood Service Managers9% AI does, against 21% here+5.8% by 2035 · $69,390 · High school diploma
- Shares 22% of the workFundraisers14% AI does, against 21% here+5.5% by 2035 · $72,550 · 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 0.11, higher than 35% 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, 11-3061 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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