Customer relationship management CRM software
Technology category · O*NET
Customer relationship management CRM software is a technology category in the O*NET database. Across U.S. occupations, 142 report using software or tools in this category. The named products below are the specific examples O*NET records for those jobs. The occupations that use it sit, on average, at the 84th percentile of AI task-exposure ( high) — how much that work overlaps with what AI can do, not a sign the tool is being replaced. See where every tool category sits.
A Hot tag marks technologies O*NET sees frequently in employer job postings; In demand marks tools an occupation specifically requires.
Example software & tools
Ranked by how many occupations list each product. Each number is an occupation count — a job is counted once per product — so the product rows overlap and do not sum to the category total.
Showing the top 40 of 140 products in this category.
Occupations that use Customer relationship management CRM software
- Accountants and Auditors
- Administrative Services Managers
- Advertising Sales Agents
- Advertising and Promotions Managers
- Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes
- Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
- Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary
- Automotive Engineers
- Bill and Account Collectors
- Billing and Posting Clerks
- Bioinformatics Scientists
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
- Brokerage Clerks
- Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers
- Business Intelligence Analysts
- Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School
- Chief Executives
- Chief Sustainability Officers
- Choreographers
- Computer Systems Analysts
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
- Computer User Support Specialists
- Computer and Information Systems Managers
- Cost Estimators
- Customer Service Representatives
- Data Entry Keyers
- Data Warehousing Specialists
- Database Administrators
- Database Architects
- Desktop Publishers
- Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
- Education Administrators, Postsecondary
- Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
- Energy Auditors
- Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling
- Environmental Compliance Inspectors
- Environmental Restoration Planners
- Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Facilities Managers
Showing 40 of 142 occupations.
How AI is used by roles that use Customer relationship management CRM software
A software category is not itself "being automated" — but we can look at the roles that report using Customer relationship management CRM software and ask how those people actually use AI. This rolls the Anthropic Economic Index per-role signal up across those roles, weighted by how much observed AI activity each one has. 69.0% of the 142 roles that use this category carry observed AI-usage data (98 roles).
Across those roles, 53.0% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 39.2% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 3.57 / 5.
| Collaboration pattern | Share | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| directive | 33.2% | AI does it; you give the instruction |
| task iteration | 32.7% | you and AI go back and forth |
| learning | 15.7% | you ask AI to explain or teach |
| feedback loop | 6.0% | AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback |
| validation | 4.6% | you do it; AI checks your work |
Roles behind this signal
The roles using this category that have the most AEI data. "Works with AI" is the role's share of conversations that augment rather than automate.
| Occupation | Works with AI | Autonomy |
|---|---|---|
| Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors | 70.6% | 4.0/5 |
| Office Clerks, General | 36.5% | 3.0/5 |
| Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary | 65.3% | 4.0/5 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 36.3% | 3.0/5 |
| Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary | 65.7% | 3.8/5 |
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | 51.1% | 3.0/5 |
| Bioinformatics Scientists | 44.5% | 4.0/5 |
| Advertising and Promotions Managers | 61.8% | 4.0/5 |
| Operations Research Analysts | 55.2% | 4.0/5 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 38.4% | 3.0/5 |
| Public Relations Specialists | 65.8% | 4.0/5 |
| Personal Financial Advisors | 63.4% | 3.8/5 |
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. Roles list software categories in O*NET; this does not mean AI is used inside Customer relationship management CRM software, only that people in those roles use AI. Some conversations are left unclassified, so shares need not sum to 100.
Industries that concentrate this
Where Customer relationship management CRM software matters most across the economy. Employment reach is the share of an industry's workers in occupations that significantly use Customer relationship management CRM software (O*NET importance ≥ 3 of 5, or report using the tool category). 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 32.0% of workers are in occupations that significantly use Customer relationship management CRM software (measured across 67 industries).
Sectors with the most such workers
| Sector | Workers | Employment reach |
|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 7,131,940 | 66.2% |
| Retail Trade | 6,749,470 | 43.3% |
| Finance and Insurance | 4,848,840 | 77.9% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 3,691,440 | 16.0% |
| Construction | 3,307,590 | 40.7% |
| Wholesale Trade | 3,019,260 | 50.0% |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | 2,806,280 | 31.1% |
| Manufacturing | 2,596,410 | 20.3% |
| Educational Services | 2,525,400 | 18.5% |
| Information | 2,024,300 | 69.6% |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | 1,994,630 | 71.0% |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) | 1,533,910 | 34.7% |
Industries where it is most concentrated
| Industry | Level | Concentration | Employment reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painting and Wall Covering Contractors | National industry | 2.8× | 89.5% |
| Insurance Agencies and Brokerages | National industry | 2.56× | 82.0% |
| Solar Electric Power Generation | National industry | 2.45× | 78.3% |
| Finance and Insurance | Sector | 2.43× | 77.9% |
| Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors | National industry | 2.38× | 76.0% |
| Sporting Goods Retailers | National industry | 2.24× | 71.7% |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | Sector | 2.22× | 71.0% |
| Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers | National industry | 2.18× | 69.7% |
| Information | Sector | 2.17× | 69.6% |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | Sector | 2.07× | 66.2% |
| Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities | National industry | 1.85× | 59.1% |
| Jewelry and Silverware Manufacturing | National industry | 1.85× | 59.1% |
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.
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
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Census NAICS 2022 U.S. Census Bureau
- Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
- “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic
- AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans academic
Data compiled June 3, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
Cite this page
Singulariki. "Customer relationship management CRM software." 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); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/tools/customer-relationship-management-crm-software
Singulariki. (2026). Customer relationship management CRM software. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/tools/customer-relationship-management-crm-software
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