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Administration and Management

Knowledge · O*NET work requirement

Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

In the O*NET occupational database, Administration and Management is an area of knowledge that work requires. O*NET rates how important it is (1–5) and what level of it a job needs (0–7) for every U.S. occupation. It is rated as important (3 or higher) in 439 of 894 occupations.

Breadth here means how widely O*NET rates this area of knowledge as important across occupations — not that it is rare, high-paying, or currently in employer demand.

Occupations that rely most on Administration and Management

Ranked by O*NET importance to the occupation (1–5). Bars are sized against the 1–5 scale; the level column is what depth of the area of knowledge the job needs (0–7).

Occupation Importance Score Level
Chief Executives 4.8 6.5
Lodging Managers 4.7 4.7
Medical and Health Services Managers 4.7 5.5
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers 4.6 4.6
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 4.5 4.1
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 4.5 4.3
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents 4.4 4.6
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 4.4 5.0
Funeral Home Managers 4.4 5.0
Management Analysts 4.4 4.9
Social and Community Service Managers 4.4 4.6
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 4.3 4.6
Financial Managers 4.3 5.4
Supply Chain Managers 4.3 5.4
Freight Forwarders 4.3 4.4
First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators 4.3 5.2
Fundraising Managers 4.3 4.4
Purchasing Managers 4.3 4.9
Construction Managers 4.3 5.0
General and Operations Managers 4.3 4.4
Administrative Services Managers 4.2 4.6
Emergency Management Directors 4.2 5.0
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 4.2 3.8
Facilities Managers 4.2 4.6
Geothermal Production Managers 4.2 4.6
Residential Advisors 4.2 4.3
Human Resources Managers 4.2 5.0
Spa Managers 4.2 4.2
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 4.2 4.3
Security Managers 4.2 5.2
Chief Sustainability Officers 4.2 5.0
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 4.2 3.9
Gambling Managers 4.2 5.0
Training and Development Managers 4.2 4.5
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 4.1 4.9
Clergy 4.1 4.5
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 4.1 4.6
Advertising and Promotions Managers 4.1 4.4
Solar Photovoltaic Installers 4.1 4.5
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 4.1 4.5

Showing the top 40 of 439 occupations where this is important.

How AI is used by roles that need Administration and Management

This area of knowledge is not itself "being automated" — but we can look at the roles for which O*NET rates it important and ask how those people actually use AI. This rolls the Anthropic Economic Index per-role signal up across those roles (importance-weighted). 58.5% of the 439 roles where this is important carry observed AI-usage data (257 roles).

Across those roles, 46.5% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 30.0% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 3.60 / 5.

Collaboration pattern Share What it means
directive 28.4% AI does it; you give the instruction
task iteration 26.3% you and AI go back and forth
learning 17.7% you ask AI to explain or teach
validation 2.4% you do it; AI checks your work
feedback loop 1.6% AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback

Roles behind this signal

The roles where this area of knowledge is most important and that also have the most AEI data. "Works with AI" is the role's share of conversations that augment rather than automate.

Occupation Importance Works with AI Autonomy
Editors 3.3 68.2% 4.0/5
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary 3.6 67.2% 3.5/5
Technical Writers 3.2 54.2% 4.0/5
Instructional Coordinators 3.8 53.1% 4.0/5
Education Teachers, Postsecondary 3.7 65.3% 3.5/5
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 3.3 66.2% 3.3/5
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 3.7 66.2% 3.5/5
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary 3.7 65.7% 3.3/5
Office Clerks, General 3.0 36.5% 3.0/5
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary 3.3 65.7% 3.0/5
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 4.1 61.5% 3.0/5
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary 3.2 66.2% 3.0/5

Source: Anthropic Economic Index (2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2) over a sample of Claude.ai Free and Pro conversations — not all AI tools and not the whole workforce. Shares are of observed conversations, weighted by how important this area of knowledge is to each role; some conversations are left unclassified by Anthropic's taxonomy, so shares need not sum to 100.

Industries that concentrate this

Where Administration and Management matters most across the economy. Employment reach is the share of an industry's workers in occupations that significantly rely on Administration and Management (O*NET importance ≥ 3 of 5). Concentration compares that reach to the national average industry, so a value above 1× means the requirement is more pervasive here than across the economy as a whole.

Nationally, about 48.4% of workers are in occupations that significantly rely on Administration and Management (measured across 67 industries).

Sectors with the most such workers

Sector Workers Employment reach
Health Care and Social Assistance 11,140,700 48.2%
Retail Trade 7,780,860 49.9%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 6,712,420 62.3%
Educational Services 6,204,210 45.5%
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 5,514,550 61.1%
Construction 5,105,430 62.9%
Manufacturing 4,952,200 38.8%
Finance and Insurance 4,194,460 67.4%
Accommodation and Food Services 3,455,240 24.3%
Wholesale Trade 2,957,940 49.0%
Transportation and Warehousing 2,683,520 36.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 2,121,800 47.9%

Industries where it is most concentrated

Industry Level Concentration Employment reach
Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations National industry 1.86× 90.1%
Wind Electric Power Generation National industry 1.81× 87.5%
Roofing Contractors National industry 1.77× 85.5%
Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors National industry 1.76× 85.2%
Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors National industry 1.73× 83.7%
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages National industry 1.69× 81.7%
Sporting Goods Retailers National industry 1.61× 78.1%
Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers National industry 1.57× 76.0%
Solar Electric Power Generation National industry 1.51× 73.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises Sector 1.45× 70.1%
Drywall and Insulation Contractors National industry 1.44× 69.9%
Engineering Services National industry 1.43× 69.1%

Reach is a measure of how widespread a requirement is across an industry's workforce, not how intensively any individual uses it. Sector worker counts come from BLS OEWS employment; the significance threshold and tool use come from O*NET. Industries shown by concentration are filtered to a real worker base so a tiny specialty cannot top the list on rounding.

Capabilities required by many of the same occupations — a measure of which skills, knowledge and abilities tend to travel together, not a judgment of similarity.

Capability Type Shared occupations
Customer and Personal Service Knowledge 369
Critical Thinking Basic skill 418
Information Ordering Ability 426
Complex Problem Solving Cross-functional skill 363
Judgment and Decision Making Cross-functional skill 375
Active Listening Basic skill 424
Reading Comprehension Basic skill 390
Inductive Reasoning Ability 395
Problem Sensitivity Ability 430
Category Flexibility Ability 380
Deductive Reasoning Ability 412
Speaking Basic skill 410

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. "Administration and Management." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Census NAICS 2022; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27). Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/knowledge/administration-and-management

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Singulariki. (2026). Administration and Management. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/knowledge/administration-and-management

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  title  = {Administration and Management},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Census NAICS 2022; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27). Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/knowledge/administration-and-management}
}

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