AI exposure Business and financial operations
Will AI replace management analysts?
Management Analysts, also called management consultants. US occupation 13-1111.
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24.3%
of the time management analysts spend on their work goes on tasks where AI is already being used to do that work.of management analysts' working hours go on tasks AI has already started taking off their plate.
Ranked 94 of 756 US occupations. More exposed than 87% of them.Further along than 87% of them.
Per cent of working time Square-law scale
Average US job 7.7%
Well above the typical job.Ahead of most of the workforce.
What AI already does for management analystsWhat management analysts no longer do alone
O*NET lists 11 tasks for management analysts. AI use at work shows up in 2 of them. Each score runs from 0.5, where every observed use helps a person with the task, to 1, where every use does the task outright.
- Gather and organize information on problems or procedures.Core task mostly automated 1.00
- Document findings of study and prepare recommendations for implementation of new systems, procedures, or organizational changes.Core task automated and assisted 0.74
What it does not touch, yetWhat still needs a human
9 of the 11 tasks show no AI use at work in the data.
- Analyze data gathered and develop solutions or alternative methods of proceeding.Core task
- Confer with personnel concerned to ensure successful functioning of newly implemented systems or procedures.Core task
- Design, evaluate, recommend, and approve changes of forms and reports.Core task
- Develop and implement records management program for filing, protection, and retrieval of records, and assure compliance with program.Core task
- Interview personnel and conduct on-site observation to ascertain unit functions, work performed, and methods, equipment, and personnel used.Core task
- Plan study of work problems and procedures, such as organizational change, communications, information flow, integrated production methods, inventory control, or cost analysis.Core task
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- Prepare manuals and train workers in use of new forms, reports, procedures or equipment, according to organizational policy.Core task
- Review forms and reports and confer with management and users about format, distribution, and purpose, identifying problems and improvements.Core task
- Recommend purchase of storage equipment and design area layout to locate equipment in space available.
How that compares
Among the 29 business and financial operations occupations, management analysts rank 8. The group averages 17.7%, and its most exposed job is Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists at 64.8%. The average US occupation sits at 7.7%.
Just above in the ranking
- 91Dietetic Technicians 24.5%
- 93Procurement Clerks 24.4%
- 94Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators 24.3%
Just below
What this does and does not mean
Exposure is observed use, not a forecast. Anthropic maps work conversations with Claude onto the tasks O*NET lists for each job and asks, of the tasks AI could speed up, which are actually being used for at work. A use that does the task outright counts in full and a use that assists a person counts half. The task scores are averaged into the occupation figure by the share of time spent on each task.
A high figure means AI is already part of how this work gets done. It does not mean anyone has been replaced. Anthropic's own reading of the labour market finds no systematic rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting exposed jobs.No measurable rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting these jobs. Gap years for everyone. Labor market impacts, 5 March 2026.
Task list and titles from O*NET 31.0 by the US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. Scores from the Anthropic Economic Index (CC BY). Checked 1 November 2026. How the ranking works.