Will AI replace administrative services managers?

Part of the work, not the whole job. AI could take on about 37% of the working time in a typical administrative services manager job today. The other 63% still needs a person.

63% of the work still needs a person.

Needs a person: 63%A person checking AI: 14%AI alone: 23%

The bracket under the bar is the evidence range for the share AI could take on: 30 to 37%. One end comes from how well AI did each responsibility in real use, or a second rating where that isn't measured. The other is our figure, which also follows research across the industry.

18 responsibilities in a typical administrative services manager job. Median pay $114,130 a year in the U.S. (BLS, May 2025).

Still needs a person

  • Run the support services department
  • Learn new office technology
  • Set goals with other department leaders
  • Represent your department at meetings
  • Supervise and train admin staff
  • Hire and let go of staff

AI can do or help with

  • Manage budgets for contracts and supplies AI helps
  • Check reports and schedules for accuracy AI helps
  • Order and manage office supplies AI helps
  • Work with outside vendors AI helps
  • Write procedures for your team AI helps
  • Set schedules for admin staff AI helps

The biggest responsibilities of each kind. "AI helps" means AI takes on part of the work, or most of it with a person checking what it produces. See all 18, with the reason for each and the cost of handing them to AI.

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Questions people ask

Will AI replace administrative services managers?

Part of the work, not the whole job. AI could take on about 37% of the working time in a typical administrative services manager job today. The other 63% still needs a person. That is a split of the work, not a forecast of jobs lost.

Which parts of the job can AI do?

The biggest ones AI can do or help with: manage budgets for contracts and supplies, check reports and schedules for accuracy, order and manage office supplies, work with outside vendors, write procedures for your team, set schedules for admin staff.

Which parts still need a person?

The biggest ones: run the support services department, learn new office technology, set goals with other department leaders, represent your department at meetings, supervise and train admin staff, hire and let go of staff.

How is this measured?

The U.S. Department of Labor lists 18 responsibilities for this job (O*NET 31.0). Each is scored on 4 questions: can AI do it, does it get it right, must a person sign for it, and do people need to deal with a real person. The split is weighted by how much of the job each responsibility takes up. The evidence range for the share AI could take on is 30 to 37%. One end comes from how well AI did each responsibility in real use, or a second rating where that isn't measured. The other is our figure, which also follows research across the industry. Scores version 0.7.3, updated October 12, 2026.

Responsibilities from O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor). Pay from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025. Scores are calibrated to published research and updated every month. How it works.

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