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Metadata management software

Technology category · O*NET

Metadata management software is a technology category in the O*NET database. Across U.S. occupations, 28 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 80th 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.

Software / tool Occupations Tags
Quest Erwin Data Modeler 24
Informatica software 5 Hot In demand
Perforce software 4 In demand
Talend Data Fabric 4
Data modeling software 3
Pentaho Kettle 3
Altova MapForce 2
Apatar 2
Coglin Mill RODIN 2
Data dictionary software 2
Data mapping software 2
Flat File Checker 2
HiT Software Allora 2
IBM Rational Data Architect 2
Informatica PowerCenter 2
SAP PowerDesigner 2
Scriptella 2
WisdomForce DatabaseSync System 2
Adaptive Metadata Manager 1
CA Technologies ERWin Data Modeler 1
Embarcadero ER/Studio XE 1
IBM Rational System Architect 1
Informatica Corporation PowerCenter 1
Interface Computers Data Loader 1
Oracle Master Data Management MDM Suite 1
Oracle Warehouse Builder 1
SAP Master Data Management MDM 1
SAS Data Integration Server 1

Occupations that use Metadata management software

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 28 occupations in occupations that use Metadata management software. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists Sound Engineering Technicians General and Operations Managers Computer and Information Research Scientists Architects, Except Landscape and Naval Computer User Support Specialists Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Medical Records Specialists Computer Systems Engineers/Architects Web Developers Mathematicians AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that use Metadata management software, by AI task-overlap and median pay

How AI is used by roles that use Metadata management software

A software category is not itself "being automated" — but we can look at the roles that report using Metadata management 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. 25.0% of the 28 roles that use this category carry observed AI-usage data (7 roles).

Across those roles, 43.3% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 46.4% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 3.40 / 5.

Collaboration pattern Share What it means
directive 40.6% AI does it; you give the instruction
task iteration 21.7% you and AI go back and forth
learning 18.9% you ask AI to explain or teach
feedback loop 5.9% AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback
validation 2.7% 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
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 36.3% 3.0/5
Mathematicians 44.6% 4.0/5
Computer and Information Systems Managers 67.7% 4.0/5
Management Analysts 62.4% 4.0/5
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 53.8% 4.0/5
General and Operations Managers 46.8% 3.5/5
Sound Engineering Technicians 37.4% 4.0/5

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. Roles list software categories in O*NET; this does not mean AI is used inside Metadata management 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 Metadata management software matters most across the economy. Employment reach is the share of an industry's workers in occupations that significantly use Metadata management 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 7.9% of workers are in occupations that significantly use Metadata management software (measured across 67 industries).

Sectors with the most such workers

Sector Workers Employment reach
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 3,005,390 27.9%
Finance and Insurance 936,480 15.0%
Information 922,420 31.7%
Health Care and Social Assistance 707,400 3.1%
Educational Services 706,930 5.2%
Manufacturing 705,430 5.5%
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 702,700 7.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises 639,960 22.8%
Wholesale Trade 605,810 10.0%
Retail Trade 572,650 3.7%
Construction 444,350 5.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 378,740 8.6%

Industries where it is most concentrated

Industry Level Concentration Employment reach
Information Sector 4.01× 31.7%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Sector 3.53× 27.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises Sector 2.89× 22.8%
Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers National industry 2.76× 21.8%
Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities National industry 2.52× 19.9%
Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations National industry 2.39× 18.9%
Engineering Services National industry 1.97× 15.6%
Finance and Insurance Sector 1.9× 15.0%
Testing Laboratories and Services National industry 1.43× 11.3%
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages National industry 1.41× 11.1%
Radio Broadcasting Stations National industry 1.32× 10.4%
Wholesale Trade Sector 1.27× 10.0%

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.

Data compiled June 3, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Plain

Singulariki. "Metadata management 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/metadata-management-software

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Metadata management software. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/tools/metadata-management-software

BibTeX
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  title  = {Metadata management software},
  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); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tools/metadata-management-software}
}

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