Occupation

Information Technology Project Managers

Plan, initiate, and manage information technology (IT) projects. Lead and guide the work of technical staff. Serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects. Plan project stages and assess business implications for each stage. Monitor progress to assure deadlines, standards, and cost targets are met.

87 AI exposure

25 Human advantage

64 Market demand

59 AI leverage

Is Information Technology Project Managers a safe career from AI?

Information Technology Project Managers scores 87 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 25, which is low. Most of this role can be done through a screen, and that is the half of the labor market AI has reached first. Market demand scores 64 out of 100, combining how many of these jobs exist with where that number is heading. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment growing 5.1% over ten years.

What Information Technology Project Managers pay

The median wage is $108,970 a year. The lower quarter earns under $76,360 and the upper quarter over $147,530. About 439,380 people do this work in the United States.

Where Information Technology Project Managers can go next

Occupations that share most of what this job already requires, ranked by how much carries over.

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Computer and Information Systems Managers 95% of the skills carry over $171k median

Loss Prevention Managers 90% of the skills carry over $137k median

Telecommunications Engineering Specialists 85% of the skills carry over $130k median

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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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