Administrative Services Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate one or more administrative services of an organization, such as records and information management, mail distribution, and other office support services.
263,960 people do this job in the US. $114,130 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 64%
- 32%
- 4%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 12%. Today's estimate: 18%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 18 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plan, administer, and control budgets for contracts, equipment, and supplies.Done daily by most who do it. | 22% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | 8%Half by Sep 2027 | |
| Direct or coordinate the supportive services department of a business, agency, or organization.Done daily by most who do it. | 17% | 3.3 h1.7 h to 1.3 work days | Stays with people | |
| Analyze internal processes and recommend and implement procedural or policy changes to improve operations, such as supply changes or the disposal of records.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 11% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | 8%Half by Sep 2027 | |
| Develop operational standards and procedures for the work unit or department. | 9% | 6.7 h3.3 h to 2.1 work days | 10%Half by May 2027 | |
| Supervise administrative staff and provide training and orientation to new staff. | 5% | 3.3 h50 min to 1.3 work days | Stays with people | |
| Hire and terminate clerical and administrative personnel.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 4% | 6.7 h2.5 h to 2.1 work days | Stays with people | |
| Set goals and deadlines for the department.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 4% | 1.7 h38 min to 4.2 h | 72%Half by now | |
| Prepare and review operational reports and schedules to ensure accuracy and efficiency.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 1.7 h25 min to 5 h | 51%Half by now | |
| Acquire, distribute and store supplies.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 1.7 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Meet with other departmental leaders to establish organizational goals, strategic plans, and objectives, as well as make decisions about personnel, resources, and space or equipment needs. | 4% | 2.5 h50 min to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Oversee payroll functions, such as maintaining timekeeping information and processing and submitting payroll. | 4% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | 46%Half by Oct 2026 | |
| Establish work procedures or schedules to organize the daily work of administrative staff. | 2% | 1.7 h50 min to 5 h | 76%Half by now |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
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- Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants47% now, 75% by 2028
- Project Management Specialists45% now, 85% by 2028
- Document Management Specialists22% now, 92% by 2028
- Compliance Managers17% now, 66% by 2028
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
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