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Manage budgets or finances

Work activity · O*NET

Manage budgets or finances is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates. 71 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Prepare operational budgets
  • Direct financial operations
  • Manage organizational or project budgets
  • Direct fundraising or financing activities
  • Manage financial activities of the organization
  • Prepare project budgets
  • Manage budgets for appropriate resource allocation
  • Manage budgets for personal services operations

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 85.5% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 12.9% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 66.2% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 39th pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Actuaries 6
Chief Executives 4
Investment Fund Managers 4
Treasurers and Controllers 4
Advertising and Promotions Managers 3
Clergy 3
Computer Network Architects 3
Financial Managers 2
Fundraisers 2
Fundraising Managers 2
Medical and Health Services Managers 2
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 2
Purchasing Managers 2
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 2
Accountants and Auditors 1
Administrative Services Managers 1
Architectural and Engineering Managers 1
Biofuels Production Managers 1
Biomass Power Plant Managers 1
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 1
Clinical Research Coordinators 1
Compensation and Benefits Managers 1
Computer and Information Research Scientists 1
Computer and Information Systems Managers 1
Construction Managers 1
Costume Attendants 1
Directors, Religious Activities and Education 1
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 1
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 1
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare 1
Electrical Engineers 1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 1
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 1
Environmental Engineers 1
Facilities Managers 1
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers 1
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 1
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers 1
Fitness and Wellness Coordinators 1
Food Service Managers 1

Showing 40 of 71 occupations.

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 40 occupations in occupations that perform Manage budgets or finances.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Facilities Managers Costume Attendants First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers Food Service Managers Biofuels Production Managers Fitness and Wellness Coordinators First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians Electrical Engineers Clinical Research Coordinators Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers Directors, Religious Activities and Education Accountants and Auditors AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Manage budgets or finances., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Manage budgets or finances." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/manage-budgets-or-finances

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Manage budgets or finances. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/manage-budgets-or-finances

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-manage-budgets-or-finances,
  title  = {Manage budgets or finances},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/manage-budgets-or-finances}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.