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Will AI replace network administrators?
Much of the work, but not all of it. AI could take on about 69% of the working time in a typical network administrator job today. The other 31% still needs a person.
18 responsibilities · a typical network administrator job
31% of the work still needs a person.
Median pay $99,130 a year in the U.S. (BLS, May 2025).
Still needs a person
By our scores, AI could do or help with every listed responsibility. A person still checks its work.
AI can do or help with
- Keep the network and its systems running AI helps
- Diagnose and fix network problems AI helps
- Configure and monitor email and antivirus tools AI can do it
- Monitor systems and manage network access AI can do it
- Plan and apply network security measures AI helps
- Talk users through network problems 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 network administrators?
Much of the work, but not all of it. AI could take on about 69% of the working time in a typical network administrator job today. The other 31% 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: keep the network and its systems running, diagnose and fix network problems, configure and monitor email and antivirus tools, monitor systems and manage network access, plan and apply network security measures, talk users through network problems.
Which parts still need a person?
By our scores, AI could do or help with every listed responsibility, but a person still checks its work.
How is this measured?
The U.S. Department of Labor lists 20 responsibilities for this job (O*NET 31.0), and the split covers the 18 people in it do today. 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. Scores version 0.5.1, updated September 29, 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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