Management Analysts
Conduct organizational studies and evaluations, design systems and procedures, conduct work simplification and measurement studies, and prepare operations and procedures manuals to assist management in operating more efficiently and effectively. Includes program analysts and management consultants.
898,280 people do this job in the US. $101,860 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
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- 3%
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, 2%. Today's estimate: 5%.
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 . 11 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Develop and implement records management program for filing, protection, and retrieval of records, and assure compliance with program.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 24% | 4.2 work days1.7 work days to 2.1 work weeks | 0%Half by Aug 2028 | |
| Analyze data gathered and develop solutions or alternative methods of proceeding.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 16% | 1.3 work days3.3 h to 3.1 work days | 3%Half by Oct 2027 | |
| Gather and organize information on problems or procedures.Done more than monthly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 15% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.7 work days | 17%Half by Apr 2027 | |
| Prepare manuals and train workers in use of new forms, reports, procedures or equipment, according to organizational policy.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 11% | 2.1 work days6.7 h to 1 work week | 1%Half by Feb 2028 | |
| Recommend purchase of storage equipment and design area layout to locate equipment in space available.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 9% | 1 work day2.5 h to 2.6 work days | 6%Half by Sep 2027 | |
| Document findings of study and prepare recommendations for implementation of new systems, procedures, or organizational changes.Done more than monthly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 6% | 2.1 work days6.7 h to 1 work week | 1%Half by Feb 2028 | |
| Design, evaluate, recommend, and approve changes of forms and reports.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 4% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 9%Half by Aug 2027 | |
| Confer with personnel concerned to ensure successful functioning of newly implemented systems or procedures.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 4% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Plan study of work problems and procedures, such as organizational change, communications, information flow, integrated production methods, inventory control, or cost analysis.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 4% | 1 work day3.3 h to 2.6 work days | 5%Half by Aug 2027 | |
| Interview personnel and conduct on-site observation to ascertain unit functions, work performed, and methods, equipment, and personnel used.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 3% | 6.7 h2.5 h to 2.1 work days | Stays with people | |
| Review forms and reports and confer with management and users about format, distribution, and purpose, identifying problems and improvements.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 3% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.6 work days | 17%Half by Apr 2027 |
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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