Prepare operational budgets.

Prepare operational budgets. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 24 occupations and seen in 26 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Manage budgets or finances. in Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates .

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 26 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 26 (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 3 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.009% 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.

• Develop budgets for security operations. · Security Managers · importance 4.7 · exposure with tools
• Prepare detailed budgets and financial reports for properties. · Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Write and present department budgets to upper management or other stakeholders. · First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Prepare budgets for approval, including those for funding or implementation of programs. · Chief Executives · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Conduct and administer fiscal operations, including accounting, planning budgets, authorizing expenditures, establishing rates for services, and coordinating financial reporting. · Medical and Health Services Managers · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Control purchasing department budgets. · Purchasing Managers · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Plan, administer, and control budgets for contracts, equipment, and supplies. · Facilities Managers · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Plan, administer, and control budgets for contracts, equipment, and supplies. · Administrative Services Managers · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Prepare or implement budgets and strategic, operational, purchasing, or maintenance plans. · Fitness and Wellness Coordinators · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Prepare training budget for department or organization. · Training and Development Managers · importance 4.0 · 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 and follow budgets for personnel operations. · Human Resources Managers · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Prepare and manage departmental budgets. · Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Plan budgets and authorize payments and merchandise returns. · First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Plan, administer, and control budgets, maintain financial records, and produce financial reports. · Education Administrators, Postsecondary · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Prepare budgets for personnel operations. · Compensation and Benefits Managers · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Establish regulatory priorities or budgets and allocate resources and workloads. · Regulatory Affairs Managers · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Handle all aspects of employee insurance, benefits, and casualty programs, including monitoring changes in health insurance regulations and creating budgets for benefits and worker's compensation. · Treasurers and Controllers · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Prepare budgets and approve budget expenditures. · Sales Managers · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Prepare budgets and submit estimates for program costs as part of campaign plan development. · Advertising and Promotions Managers · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Plan and administer budgets for programs, equipment, and support services. · Social and Community Service Managers · importance 3.6 · 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
• Generate and maintain quality control operating budgets. · Quality Control Systems 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
• Prepare budgets, bids, or contracts. · Architectural and Engineering Managers · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Develop, maintain, or analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs. · Accountants and Auditors · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Security Managers
• Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers
• First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers
• Chief Executives
• Medical and Health Services Managers
• Purchasing Managers
• Administrative Services Managers
• Fitness and Wellness Coordinators
• Training and Development Managers
• Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
• Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
• Human Resources Managers
• First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
• Education Administrators, Postsecondary
• Compensation and Benefits Managers
• Regulatory Affairs Managers
• Treasurers and Controllers
• Sales Managers
• Advertising and Promotions Managers
• Social and Community Service Managers
• Industrial Production Managers
• Natural Sciences Managers
• Architectural and Engineering Managers
• Accountants and Auditors

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.

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  title  = {Prepare operational budgets.},
  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},
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}