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Sales Managers
Also filed here: Sales manager, Head of sales, VP sales, Sales director, Sales leader, Regional sales manager
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AI performs some of this work. Most of it still needs a person. The BLS expects 4.5% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #295 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +4.5% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $148,270 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 650,100 in the US, with about 47,300 openings a year
The work, 16 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
Still yours: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures16%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Supervise personnel activities10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Respond to customer problems or inquiries9%
AI performed this in about 1 in 6 Copilot conversations and completed it 84% of the time.
AI helps with this: Analyze business or financial data7%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 719 conversations, and it got them there 72% of the time.
Still yours: Develop organizational policies, systems, or processes6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Authorize business activities or transactions6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Manage budgets or finances6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Collect data about consumer needs or opinions6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Evaluate personnel capabilities or performance6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Manage human resources activities6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Advise others on products or services6%
AI performed this in about 1 in 42 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
Still yours: Coordinate activities with clients, agencies, or organizations4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Advise others on business or operational matters4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 290 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
AI does this: Communicate with others about operational plans or activities3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 354 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
AI does this: Evaluate the characteristics, usefulness, or performance of products or technologies3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 237 Copilot conversations and completed it 93% of the time.
AI helps with this: Develop professional relationships or networks2%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,715 conversations, and it got them there 95% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 105 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 47,300 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 24% of the workNatural Sciences Managers17% AI does, against 24% here+8.2% by 2035 · $167,220 · Bachelor’s degree
- Shares 44% of the workProperty, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers17% AI does, against 24% here+3.7% by 2035 · $69,990 · High school diploma
- Shares 39% of the workEducation Administrators, Postsecondary19% AI does, against 24% here+1.8% by 2035 · $104,590 · Master’s degree
The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Work front:
How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.16, higher than 57% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 11-2022 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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