AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 11-9111.00
Will AI replace Medical and Health Services Managers?
Medical and Health Services Managers: AI can already handle 10 of 18 tasks; the work mostly needs a frontier-tier model.
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Every task, scored
The 18 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Medical and Health Services Managers, from most to least exposed. 10 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.
| Task | AI exposure | Evidence | Model tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Establish work schedules and assignments for staff, according to workload, space, and equipment availability. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Manage change in integrated health care delivery systems, such as work restructuring, technological innovations, and shifts in the focus of care. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Establish objectives and evaluative or operational criteria for units managed. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Develop and maintain computerized record management systems to store and process data, such as personnel activities and information, and to produce reports. | Observed | Frontier | |
| Direct, supervise and evaluate work activities of medical, nursing, technical, clerical, service, maintenance, and other personnel. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Monitor the use of diagnostic services, inpatient beds, facilities, and staff to ensure effective use of resources and assess the need for additional staff, equipment, and services. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Review and analyze facility activities and data to aid planning and cash and risk management and to improve service utilization. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Prepare activity reports to inform management of the status and implementation plans of programs, services, and quality initiatives. | Observed | Standard | |
| Inspect facilities and recommend building or equipment modifications to ensure emergency readiness and compliance to access, safety, and sanitation regulations. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Consult with medical, business, and community groups to discuss service problems, respond to community needs, enhance public relations, coordinate activities and plans, and promote health programs. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Plan, implement, and administer programs and services in a health care or medical facility, including personnel administration, training, and coordination of medical, nursing and physical plant staff. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Conduct and administer fiscal operations, including accounting, planning budgets, authorizing expenditures, establishing rates for services, and coordinating financial reporting. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Develop and implement organizational policies and procedures for the facility or medical unit. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Develop or expand and implement medical programs or health services that promote research, rehabilitation, and community health. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Develop instructional materials and conduct in-service and community-based educational programs. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Direct or conduct recruitment, hiring, and training of personnel. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Maintain awareness of advances in medicine, computerized diagnostic and treatment equipment, data processing technology, government regulations, health insurance changes, and financing options. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Maintain communication between governing boards, medical staff, and department heads by attending board meetings and coordinating interdepartmental functioning. | Estimated | Efficient |
Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 2 of 18 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 16 of 18. Importance is O*NET's 1 to 5 rating of how central the task is. Model tier is the lowest tier that can do the task under the published rubric; "No tier" marks hands-on work.
The model tier this role needs
A frontier-tier model or lower covers 100% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 100% of the work is something AI can address at some tier.
Efficient, standard and frontier tiers come from the JobRoute model tier reference. The recommended tier is the lowest one that covers 80% of the work AI can address. How the method works.
Wages, employment and outlook
- US employment
- 597,080
- Median annual wage
- $123,860
- Middle half of earners
- $94,700 to $166,100
- Projected change, 2024 to 2034
- +23.2%
Employment and wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Projection: BLS Employment Projections 2024 to 2034.
Adjacent roles
The occupations that reuse the most of this role's skills, with the usual time to move. These are the first places to look when you plan to redeploy or retrain people in this role.
- Administrative Services Managers 71% skill overlap, about 10 months to move Exposure65
- Social and Community Service Managers 66% skill overlap, about 12 months to move Exposure41
- Clinical Data Managers 65% skill overlap, about 13 months to move Exposure54
- Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars 63% skill overlap, about 13 months to move Exposure57
- Human Resources Managers 63% skill overlap, about 13 months to move Exposure43
Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.
Questions about Medical and Health Services Managers and AI
Will AI replace Medical and Health Services Managers?
AI already handles 10 of the 18 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 56 out of 100. JobRoute scores tasks, not whole jobs, so the score shows how much of the work changes rather than whether the job disappears. BLS projects employment to change by +23.2% from 2024 to 2034.
What is the AI exposure of Medical and Health Services Managers?
56 out of 100 on JobRoute's task exposure measure, the importance-weighted average of the role's O*NET task scores. Higher means more of the work is AI-doable today. 2 of the 18 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 16 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.
Which Medical and Health Services Managers tasks can AI already do?
The tasks with the highest exposure are: Establish work schedules and assignments for staff, according to workload, space, and equipment availability; Manage change in integrated health care delivery systems, such as work restructuring, technological innovations, and shifts in the focus of care; Establish objectives and evaluative or operational criteria for units managed. They are three of the 10 tasks that reach 60 or more.
What AI model tier does this role need?
A frontier-tier model or lower covers 100% of the role's importance-weighted task work. JobRoute assigns each task the lowest tier that can do it under a published rubric and recommends the lowest tier that covers 80% of the work AI can address.
How many people work as Medical and Health Services Managers, and what do they earn?
597,080 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $123,860 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of +23.2% from 2024 to 2034.
How to cite
Data version 2026-11-02, JobRoute method v1.0.0. Download all occupations or this occupation as JSON. Methodology.
JobRoute (2026). AI exposure: Medical and Health Services Managers. Data version 2026-11-02, method v1.0.0. Built on O*NET 30.3, BLS OEWS May 2025 and the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026). CC BY 4.0. https://www.jobroute.ai/jobs/medical-and-health-services-managers
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