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First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers vs Administrative Services Managers

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers and Administrative Services Managers on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers Administrative Services Managers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$66,140
$108,390
Employment · BLS OEWS
1,495,580
254,140
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
79th pct
25th pct

At a glance

Dimension First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers Administrative Services Managers
Median pay $66,140 $108,390
Employment 1,495,580 254,140
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Declining (-0.3%) About average (+4.6%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 144,500 23,200
Typical education · O*NET Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
AI exposure · published exposure studies High · 79th pct Low · 25th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 80th pct · 43% of tasks —
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (62.6%) —
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman Yes —

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Administration and Management, Customer and Personal Service, Oral Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Speaking, Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Written Comprehension, Oral Expression, Critical Thinking, Written Expression, Speech Recognition, Speech Clarity, Writing, Active Learning, Judgment and Decision Making, Time Management, Management of Personnel Resources, Problem Sensitivity, English Language, Administrative, Learning Strategies, Negotiation, Service Orientation, Deductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, Inductive Reasoning, Near Vision, Complex Problem Solving, Fluency of Ideas, Computers and Electronics, Category Flexibility, Personnel and Human Resources.

Specific to First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

  • Instructing
  • Persuasion
  • Originality
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Economics and Accounting

Specific to Administrative Services Managers

  • Public Safety and Security
  • Mathematics
  • Systems Analysis
  • Selective Attention
  • Time Sharing

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Document management software , Web page creation and editing software , Word processing software , Medical software , Analytical or scientific software , Accounting software , Data base user interface and query software , Project management software , Process mapping and design software , Enterprise resource planning ERP software , Customer relationship management CRM software , Cloud-based data access and sharing software , Human resources software , Financial analysis software .

Specific to First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

Specific to Administrative Services Managers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers or Administrative Services Managers — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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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.

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Singulariki. "First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers vs Administrative Services Managers." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/first-line-supervisors-of-office-and-administrative-support-workers-vs-administrative-services-managers

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Singulariki. (2026). First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers vs Administrative Services Managers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/first-line-supervisors-of-office-and-administrative-support-workers-vs-administrative-services-managers

BibTeX 
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