Headline risk
5%
Very Low RiskFirst-line supervisors of production and operating workers
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
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of production and operating workers, such as inspectors, precision workers, machine setters and operators, assemblers, fabricators, and plant and system operators. Excludes team or work leaders.
Task evidence
100% weighted task match · 4% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 71,190
Employment 2024
698.6K
Projected Change (2024–34)
1.2%
Openings (2024–34)
67.7K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Projections published, but no prose outlook available.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Enforce safety and sanitation regulations. AI use: 0%
- 2. Plan and establish work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals. AI use: 0%
- 3. Inspect materials, products, or equipment to detect defects or malfunctions. AI use: 0%
- 4. Read and analyze charts, work orders, production schedules, and other records and reports to determine production requirements and to evaluate current production estimates and outputs. AI use: 0%
- 5. Confer with management or subordinates to resolve worker problems, complaints, or grievances. AI use: 0%
- 6. Confer with other supervisors to coordinate operations and activities within or between departments. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 44.4 · 749K employed
Under 25: 3% · 25–54: 72% · 55+: 25%
Related
No direct US role match is available yet for this occupation.
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
crosswalk_exact · employment series present
Narrative & sources
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.