Information Technology Project Managers
Plan, initiate, and manage information technology (IT) projects. Lead and guide the work of technical staff. Serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects. Plan project stages and assess business implications for each stage. Monitor progress to assure deadlines, standards, and cost targets are met.
$116,580 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).
of the working time. Estimate.
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- 12%
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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, 13%. Today's estimate: 21%.
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 . 21 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Develop or update project plans for information technology projects including information such as project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing.Done more than weekly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 14% | 1.7 work days3.3 h to 1.3 work weeks | 2%Half by May 2028 | |
| Develop and manage annual budgets for information technology projects.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 12% | 1.7 work days3.3 h to 1.3 work weeks | 2%Half by May 2028 | |
| Develop implementation plans that include analyses such as cost-benefit or return on investment (ROI).Done more than yearly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 9% | 1.3 work days3.3 h to 4.2 work days | 4%Half by Dec 2027 | |
| Manage project execution to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope.Done daily by most who do it. | 9% | 3.3 h50 min to 6.7 h | 32%Half by Jan 2027 | |
| Develop and manage work breakdown structure (WBS) of information technology projects.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 7% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.7 work days | 17%Half by Apr 2027 | |
| Identify, review, or select vendors or consultants to meet project needs.Done more than yearly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 5% | 5 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 15%Half by Jun 2027 | |
| Assess current or future customer needs and priorities by communicating directly with customers, conducting surveys, or other methods.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 4% | 2.5 h50 min to 1 work day | 40%Half by Dec 2026 | |
| Direct or coordinate activities of project personnel.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 4% | 1.7 h25 min to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Establish and execute a project communication plan.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 4% | 3.3 h1.7 h to 1.3 work days | 38%Half by Nov 2026 | |
| Prepare project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.Done more than monthly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 4% | 2.5 h50 min to 5 h | 55%Half by now | |
| Perform risk assessments to develop response strategies.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 4% | 3.3 h1.7 h to 1.3 work days | 38%Half by Nov 2026 | |
| Coordinate recruitment or selection of project personnel.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 3% | 3.3 h1.7 h to 1.3 work days | 38%Half by Nov 2026 |
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.
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