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Will AI replace executive assistants?
Much of the work, but not all of it. AI could take on about 61% of the working time in a typical executive assistant job today. The other 39% still needs a person.
22 responsibilities · a typical executive assistant job
39% of the work still needs a person.
Median pay $76,590 a year in the U.S. (BLS, May 2025).
Still needs a person
- Greet and screen visitors
- Meet people on the executive's behalf
- Train and supervise clerical staff
AI can do or help with
- Manage the executive's calendar AI helps
- Answer and route phone calls AI helps
- Sort and route incoming mail and email AI can do it
- Prepare documents, reports and invoices AI can do it
- Answer routine letters and emails AI can do it
- Order supplies and keep office records AI helps
The biggest responsibilities of each kind. "AI helps" means a person still does it, with AI taking on part of the time. See all 22, with the reason for each and the cost of handing them to AI.
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Questions people ask
Will AI replace executive assistants?
Much of the work, but not all of it. AI could take on about 61% of the working time in a typical executive assistant job today. The other 39% 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 the executive's calendar, answer and route phone calls, sort and route incoming mail and email, prepare documents, reports and invoices, answer routine letters and emails, order supplies and keep office records.
Which parts still need a person?
The biggest ones: greet and screen visitors, meet people on the executive's behalf, train and supervise clerical staff.
How is this measured?
Each of the 22 responsibilities the U.S. Department of Labor lists for this job (O*NET 31.0) 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. Scores version 0.3.1, updated September 24, 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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