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Computer and Information Systems Managers

The short answer

This job is expected to meaningfully change. AI can already assist with or automate many of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 4,059 openings expected each year.

Step 1

Where your job stands

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the most exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. That doesn't mean the job goes away—it means more of its tasks are the kind AI can help with.

How much AI could touch this job

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Looking at the job itself, AI could help with more than half of this job's tasks.

What this means

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the most exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.

Step 2

What AI can and can’t help with in this job

The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.

AI can help with or automate about 94% of the tasks in this job.

Tasks AI can help with or automate

  1. Manage backup, security and user help systems.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  2. Direct daily operations of department, analyzing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards and setting deadlines.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  3. Review project plans to plan and coordinate project activity.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  4. Assign and review the work of systems analysts, programmers, and other computer-related workers.

    AI could do much of this on its own

  5. Provide users with technical support for computer problems.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

Tasks AI can't do much of

  1. Meet with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

Step 3

Jobs you could switch to

If you're thinking about a change, these are jobs your experience already fits—related work you could move into. Pick your area to see local options.

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None of the usual next-step jobs in New York Stateclear all three bars right now: enough openings, pay within 10% of yours, and no higher AI exposure. That doesn't mean you're stuck—here are the closest options, with an honest label on what falls short.

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Showing the 6 closest of 15 related jobs we looked at—the rest fall short on the same measures.