Approve expenditures.

Approve expenditures. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 12 occupations and seen in 15 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Authorize business activities or transactions. in Making Decisions and Solving Problems .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 15 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 15 (100%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 5 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.003% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Select or direct the execution of trades. · Investment Fund Managers · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Receive, record, and authorize requests for disbursements in accordance with company policies and procedures. · Treasurers and Controllers · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Review, evaluate, and approve specifications for issuing and awarding bids. · Purchasing Managers · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Determine allocations of funds for staff, supplies, materials, and equipment and authorize purchases. · Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Approve, reject, or coordinate the approval or rejection of lines of credit or commercial, real estate, or personal loans. · Financial Managers · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Determine allocations of funds for staff, supplies, materials, and equipment, and authorize purchases. · Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Prepare budgets and approve budget expenditures. · Sales Managers · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Review, negotiate, or approve wind farm contracts. · Wind Energy Operations Managers · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Develop budgets or approve expenditures for supplies, materials, or human resources, ensuring that materials, labor, or equipment are used efficiently to meet production targets. · Industrial Production Managers · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Prepare and administer budgets, approve and review expenditures, and prepare financial reports. · Natural Sciences Managers · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Review, recommend, or approve contracts or cost estimates. · Architectural and Engineering Managers · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Perform administrative functions, such as reviewing or writing reports, approving expenditures, enforcing rules, or purchasing of materials or services. · Architectural and Engineering Managers · importance 3.1 · exposure with tools
• Evaluate and approve selection of vendors by studying past performance or new advertisements. · Aerospace Engineers · importance 2.7 · exposure with tools
• Oversee expense allowances, ensuring that accounts are balanced at the end of each fiscal year. · Legislators · exposure with tools
• Recommend or authorize capital expenditures for acquisition of new equipment or property to increase efficiency and services. · Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Investment Fund Managers
• Purchasing Managers
• Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
• Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
• Sales Managers
• Wind Energy Operations Managers
• Industrial Production Managers
• Natural Sciences Managers
• Architectural and Engineering Managers
• Aerospace Engineers
• Legislators
• Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

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.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

@misc{singulariki-approve-expenditures,
  title  = {Approve expenditures.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/approve-expenditures}
}