AI Career Radar

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of clerical and administrative support workers.

AI exposure33 / 100Low 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 automation33
Freedom to set tasks85
Repeating the same tasks52
$69,500Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+0.1%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (below average)BLS Employment Projections
68Skill 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
75
Speaking
63
75
Monitoring
63
75
Critical Thinking
63
72
Judgment and Decision Making
63
69
Coordination
62
75
Active Learning
62
69
Complex Problem Solving
62
60
Reading Comprehension
61
75
Time Management
61
69
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Social Perceptiveness
60
75
Writing
60
69
Instructing
58
69
Learning Strategies
58
66
Systems Analysis
57
50
Service Orientation
56
66
Systems Evaluation
56
53
Persuasion
54
66
Mathematics
53
44
Negotiation
52
66
Science
52
0
Management of Personnel Resources
50
69
Operations Analysis
49
35
Installation
48
0
Quality Control Analysis
47
47
Management of Material Resources
47
44
Management of Financial Resources
47
38
Troubleshooting
47
25
Technology Design
47
13
Equipment Selection
47
0
Equipment Maintenance
47
0
Operations Monitoring
46
31
Repairing
46
0
Programming
45
22
Operation and Control
43
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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.

87/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$123,860
10-yr growth
+24.2%
Skill gap
12%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operations Analysis, Management of Financial Resources, Systems Analysis, Systems Evaluation

85/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
12%
Retraining
Low

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

85/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
12%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Monitoring

83/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$100,330
10-yr growth
+14.8%
Skill gap
8%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operations Analysis, Service Orientation, Writing, Learning Strategies

83/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$97,870
10-yr growth
+16.6%
Skill gap
10%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operations Analysis, Complex Problem Solving, Learning Strategies, Writing

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 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.