Headline risk
40%
High RiskNetwork and computer systems administrators
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
Install, configure, and maintain an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), data communications network, operating systems, and physical and virtual servers. Perform system monitoring and verify the integrity and availability of hardware, network, and server resources and systems. Review system and application logs and verify completion of scheduled jobs, including system backups. Analyze network and server resource consumption and control user access. Install and upgrade software and maintain software licenses. May assist in network modeling, analysis, planning, and coordination between network and data communications hardware and software.
Task evidence
100% weighted task match · 25% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 96,800
Employment 2024
331.5K
Projected Change (2024–34)
-4.2%
Openings (2024–34)
14.3K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Employment of network and computer systems administrators is projected to grow 4 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Maintain and administer computer networks and related computing environments, including computer hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations. AI use: 0%
- 2. Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware, software, or other network and system problems, and replace defective components when necessary. AI use: 94%
- 3. Perform data backups and disaster recovery operations. AI use: 0%
- 4. Configure, monitor, and maintain email applications or virus protection software. AI use: 0%
- 5. Monitor network performance to determine whether adjustments are needed and where changes will be needed in the future. AI use: 0%
- 6. Confer with network users about solutions to existing system problems. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 43.8 · 154K employed
Under 25: 3% · 25–54: 81% · 55+: 18%
Related
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
title_match · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Network and computer systems administrators install, configure, and maintain organizations’ computer networks and systems.
Network and computer systems administrators work for a variety of organizations, including computer systems design firms, schools, and financial institutions. Most work full time, and some work more than 40 hours per week. Administrators may work evenings, nights, and weekends to monitor, maintain, or update networks and systems.
To enter the occupation, network and computer systems administrators typically need a bachelor’s degree in a field related to computer or information science.
The median annual wage for network and computer systems administrators was $96,800 in May 2024.
Employment of network and computer systems administrators is projected to grow 4 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.