Occupation

Construction Managers

Plan, direct, or coordinate, usually through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities concerned with the construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, and systems. Participate in the conceptual development of a construction project and oversee its organization, scheduling, budgeting, and implementation. Includes managers in specialized construction fields, such as carpentry or plumbing.

88 AI exposure

55 Human advantage

67 Market demand

73 AI leverage

Is Construction Managers a safe career from AI?

Construction Managers scores 88 out of 100 for AI exposure, which is high. A large share of this work is the kind current AI systems are measurably good at. That is not a prediction the job disappears, and the research does not support one. It means more of this role is likely to change than most.

Its human advantage score is 55. There is a real physical and in-person component to this work, alongside a good deal that could be done from anywhere. Market demand scores 67 out of 100, combining how many of these jobs exist with where that number is heading. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment growing 9.1% over ten years.

What Construction Managers pay

The median wage is $106,980 a year. The lower quarter earns under $83,480 and the upper quarter over $139,330. About 348,330 people do this work in the United States.

Where Construction Managers can go next

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Where this comes from

Work content and transitions from O*NET, the US Department of Labor's occupational database. Wages and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. AI exposure from published research measuring which occupations current AI capabilities overlap with. None of it is a forecast, and none of these numbers are ours: they are public data, put next to each other.

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