# Management of Companies and Enterprises

> Sector (NAICS 55) — The Sector as a Whole

The Management of Companies and Enterprises sector comprises (1) establishments that hold the securities of (or other equity interests in) companies and enterprises for the purpose of owning a controlling interest or influencing management decisions or (2) establishments (except government establishments) that administer, oversee, and manage establishments of the company or enterprise and that normally undertake the strategic or organizational planning and decision-making role of the company or enterprise.  Establishments that administer, oversee, and manage may hold the securities of the company or enterprise.

Establishments in this sector perform essential activities that are often undertaken in-house by establishments in many sectors of the economy.  By consolidating the performance of these activities of the enterprise at one establishment, economies of scale are achieved.

Government establishments primarily engaged in administering, overseeing, and managing governmental programs are classified in Sector 92, Public Administration.  Establishments primarily engaged in providing a range of day-to-day office administrative services for other companies or enterprises on a contract or fee basis, such as financial planning, billing and recordkeeping, personnel, and physical distribution and logistics, are classified in Industry 56111, Office Administrative Services.


- **NAICS code:** 55
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/industries/55
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap, not jobs lost. Figures aggregate over the occupations employed in this industry, each traced to a named public dataset.

## Scale & pay

- **Employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** 2,809,200 across 511 occupations.
- **Typical annual wage (employment-weighted median):** $99,801.

## AI exposure

- **AI task-overlap (employment-weighted across 429 occupations):** 90th percentile (High) — Eloundou GPT-overlap + Felten AIOE; task overlap, not automation.

## Largest occupations

- General and Operations Managers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-11-1021-00) — 122,870 employed; $161,950
- Customer Service Representatives (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-43-4051-00) — 116,740 employed; $47,170
- Accountants and Auditors (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-13-2011-00) — 104,930 employed; $86,010
- Software Developers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-15-1252-00) — 99,720 employed; $133,650
- Financial Managers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-11-3031-00) — 93,210 employed; $169,340
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-43-3031-00) — 78,670 employed; $49,600
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-13-1161-00) — 72,390 employed; $98,300
- Computer and Information Systems Managers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-11-3021-00) — 71,800 employed; $172,830
- Human Resources Specialists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-13-1071-00) — 70,720 employed; $79,110
- Business Operations Specialists, All Other (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-13-1199-00) — 67,210 employed; $85,920
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-43-1011-00) — 63,170 employed; $79,070
- Computer Systems Analysts (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-15-1211-00) — 59,610 employed; $109,210
- Managers, All Other (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-11-9199-00) — 50,980 employed; $163,830
- Marketing Managers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-11-2021-00) — 50,050 employed; $169,840
- Management Analysts (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-13-1111-00) — 49,800 employed; $101,560
- Project Management Specialists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-13-1082-00) — 48,900 employed; $114,660
- Buyers and Purchasing Agents — 45,910 employed; $82,150
- Financial and Investment Analysts (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-13-2051-00) — 45,100 employed; $99,760
- Computer User Support Specialists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-15-1232-00) — 37,660 employed; $62,370
- Office Clerks, General (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-43-9061-00) — 35,870 employed; $46,930

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **Census NAICS** (2022) — U.S. Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/naics/
- **Anthropic Economic Index** (v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27)) — Anthropic. https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130
- **AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE)** (Felten, Raj & Seamans) — academic. https://github.com/AIOE-Data/AIOE

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-03T03:26:54.804143+00:00. https://singulariki.com/industries/55_