First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

Most exposed tasks

Highest structured exposure values in this role’s task mix — the work AI systems can already do most of.

• Compute figures such as balances, totals, or commissions.75
• Maintain records pertaining to inventory, personnel, orders, supplies, or machine maintenance.65

Augmentable tasks

Work where AI assists rather than replaces — the productivity frontier of this role.

• Prepare and issue work schedules, deadlines, and duty assignments for office or administrative staff.60
• Research, compile, and prepare reports, manuals, correspondence, or other information required by management or governmental agencies.60
• Review records or reports pertaining to activities such as production, payroll, or shipping to verify details, monitor work activities, or evaluate performance.55

Most durable tasks

Lowest exposure — typically judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability. This is the human moat.

• Discuss job performance problems with employees to identify causes and issues and to work on resolving problems.25
• Participate in the work of subordinates to facilitate productivity or to overcome difficult aspects of work.25
• Coordinate activities with other supervisory personnel or with other work units or departments.30

Task exposure values and classifications are published, versioned estimates audited against the anchored rubric. This page reads them from the data release rather than generating them at request time. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 44 puts First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in the most-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this high is about the mix: 2 of 20 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 10 augmentable, and 8 durable. The useful question isn’t “will AI take this job” — it’s which tasks go first, which get faster, and where to reposition time. That’s what the personalized report maps against your actual week.

Lower-exposure adjacent roles

Shown only when the target is at least 10 points lower under the same score version and skill overlap is at least 50%. These are adjacent roles with lower task exposure — not guaranteed “safe careers”.

Labor-market context

• $69,500median wage
• 1,436,680employed
• 144,500annual openings
• -0.3%projected growth

Context only — labor statistics are not inputs to the exposure score. See methodology.

Related roles

Adjacent by skills or family — no exposure claim implied.

• First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 42
• First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand 36
• First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 39
• First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 41
• First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators 35
• First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 38

How this score was calculated

FAQ — First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

Will AI replace First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers?

This score cannot predict whether this occupation or any individual job will be replaced. It shows which tasks current and near-term AI can perform or accelerate, which tasks remain more durable, and where a worker can adapt. Employer decisions, demand, regulation, and how the role changes are outside the score.

What does a score of 44 mean for a First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers?

It means that, weighted across the 20 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 44 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the most-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.

Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?

The highest-exposure tasks are: Compute figures such as balances, totals, or commissions; Maintain records pertaining to inventory, personnel, orders, supplies, or machine maintenance. Exposure comes from the published, rubric-scored data release rather than being generated when you open this page.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The most durable responsibilities are: Discuss job performance problems with employees to identify causes and issues and to work on resolving problems; Participate in the work of subordinates to facilitate productivity or to overcome difficult aspects of work; Coordinate activities with other supervisory personnel or with other work units or departments. Durable tasks typically depend on judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability.

Is this score personalized to me?

No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.