AI Career Radar

Project Management Specialists

Analyze and coordinate the schedule, timeline, procurement, staffing, and budget of a product or service on a per project basis. Lead and guide the work of technical staff. May serve as a point of contact for the client or customer.

AI exposure35 / 100Moderate exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation30
Freedom to set tasks80
Repeating the same tasks58
$102,320Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+6.7%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (faster than average)BLS Employment Projections
61Skill durability (moderate)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Active Listening
63
69
Critical Thinking
63
69
Monitoring
63
66
Judgment and Decision Making
63
66
Speaking
63
63
Active Learning
62
63
Coordination
62
63
Complex Problem Solving
62
60
Reading Comprehension
61
63
Time Management
61
63
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Writing
60
66
Social Perceptiveness
60
60
Instructing
58
53
Learning Strategies
58
50
Systems Analysis
57
56
Service Orientation
56
53
Systems Evaluation
56
53
Persuasion
54
56
Mathematics
53
44
Negotiation
52
56
Science
52
9
Management of Personnel Resources
50
60
Operations Analysis
49
28
Installation
48
0
Management of Financial Resources
47
50
Management of Material Resources
47
50
Quality Control Analysis
47
28
Technology Design
47
22
Troubleshooting
47
16
Equipment Selection
47
3
Equipment Maintenance
47
3
Operations Monitoring
46
13
Repairing
46
0
Programming
45
22
Operation and Control
43
3

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$175,140
10-yr growth
+15.8%
Skill gap
18%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Operations Analysis, Systems Evaluation, Reading Comprehension, Systems Analysis

80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
16%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, Active Listening

#3Marketing ManagersManagement
79/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$166,790
10-yr growth
+6.9%
Skill gap
12%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operations Analysis, Systems Evaluation, Persuasion, Negotiation

79/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
15%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving

78/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$146,910
10-yr growth
+5.7%
Skill gap
10%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Speaking, Persuasion, Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness

78/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$149,230
10-yr growth
+1.1%
Skill gap
7%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Writing, Active Listening

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Project Management Specialists could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.