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Management

Administrative services managers

Typically requires Bachelor's degree

What is this page & how do I use it?

This is a research report for one career — the kind an analyst would write for a stock. The rating at the top is the neutral baseline (same for everyone); below it come the cases for and against, how the last official forecast for this career actually aged, and what the education path costs and pays.

How to use it: read the bulls-vs-bears case, then hit Score this career to weigh it against your other options with your own interests factored in.

CareerStar rating
MixedMedium uncertainty
top 10% of all 730 careers

Analyst take: Strong market prospects — +4.6% projected growth, low AI exposure (39/100).

60
/ 100
low riskhigh
top row = high reward

Moat (borrowed from investing — the water that defends a castle): how shielded this career is from AI. Narrow = some shelter, but AI can reach a real share of its tasks.

The small grid is a style box (borrowed from Morningstar’s fund reports): the blue square places this career on reward (top row = high) versus risk (left column = low), against all 730 careers. Medium uncertainty means the score leans partly on forward-looking bets like AI exposure, so treat the exact number loosely.

🐂 Bulls say
  • +High pay — above 92% of careers ($108,390).
  • +Strong projected growth — outpaces 72% of careers (+4.6%).
  • +Low AI exposure — resilient (39% of tasks exposed).
🐻 Bears say
  • Its softest spot: it carries some AI exposure (39% of tasks).
Was this rating fair?
Projected growth
+4.6%
Median pay
$108,390
AI exposure
39/100
share of tasks exposed to AI — not job loss

Education & ROI — how to get here

Real outcomes for the college majors that feed this occupation, across 2,943 bachelor’s programs.

Median earnings
$40,954
1 year after graduating
Typical debt
$26,395
median federal debt
Pay-to-debt
1.6×
first-year pay ÷ debt
Feeder majors
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMedical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical SecretaryBusiness/CommerceVeterinary Administrative Services
Selective schools offering these majors
Harvard University
MA · 4% admit rate
$85,540/yr
$101,817 grad pay
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MA · 5% admit rate
$82,730/yr
$143,372 grad pay
Northeastern University
MA · 5% admit rate
$84,641/yr
$92,538 grad pay
University of Pennsylvania
PA · 5% admit rate
$89,028/yr
$111,371 grad pay
Johns Hopkins University
MD · 6% admit rate
$85,947/yr
$87,555 grad pay
Northwestern University
IL · 8% admit rate
$91,250/yr
$89,363 grad pay

Earnings & debt from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard; majors mapped to this occupation via the NCES CIP→SOC crosswalk. A grounded ROI snapshot, not a guarantee — pay varies widely by school and specialty.

What this work involves

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