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Jobs / Management and business operations / 11-9199.00

Managers, All Other

All managers not listed separately.

US jobs
622,190
Median wage
$141,900 a year
Job family
Management and business operations

Can agents do the work of managers, all other?

We read the evidence at the level of the job family, Management and business operations:

  • Task levelPartialOnly adjacent evidence. On TheAgentCompany, which gives agents workplace tasks inside a simulated software company, the best agent resolves 42.9% of tasks (a November 2025 result). No task-level benchmark in our collection maps directly to management or business operations.
  • Project levelPartialMixed. OpenAI reports that GPT-5.5's GDPval deliverables won or tied against professionals' work in 84.9% of comparisons, and the best agent passes 73.5% of APEX-Agents tasks on the first try. Running a business is weaker: on Vending-Bench 2 the best model ends a simulated year with $15,515, about a quarter of Andon Labs' estimate for a good strategy.

Benchmarks for the job family

These cover work in management and business operations, not always this occupation's tasks.

Other job titles for this occupation (80)

Animal Ride Manager · Aquatic Facility Manager · Area Development Manager · Area Supervisor · Armored Transport Service Manager · Art Coordinator · Arts Administrator · Association Executive · Auto Repair Shop Manager · Barber or Beauty Shop Manager · Billiard Parlor Manager · Billing Manager · Board of Education Secretary · Body Shop Manager · Bowling Alley Manager · Box Office Manager · Branch Chief · Branch Office Manager · Cable Supervisor · Call Center Manager · Call Center Supervisor · Camp Director · Camp Manager · Car Wash Manager · Chamber of Commerce Division Manager · Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President · Chancery Clerk · Chief Clerk · Clerk of Court · Commercial Attache · Communications Manager · Communications Station Manager · Communications Superintendent · Concert Manager · Consul · Contracts Director · Corporation Secretary · Craft Center Director · Dance Studio Manager · Dental Office Manager · Dental Services Director · Digital Project Manager · Director of Consumer Affairs · Director of Entertainment · Director of Extension Work · Director of Health Education · Director of in Service Education · Director of Professional Services · Director of Research · Director of Vocational Training · Distribution Superintendent · Division Chief · Dog Races Manager · Dude Ranch Manager · Education Supervisor · Electric Power Superintendent · Entertainment Director · Entertainment Manager · Environmental Control Administrator · Extension Service Specialist-in-Charge · Extension Work Director · Extermination Supervisor · Field Director · Field Services Director · Field Supervisor · Fish and Game Club Manager · Gas Well Drilling Manager · General Road Production Manager · Generating Plant Superintendent · Geophysical Prospecting Field Party Manager · Golf Club Manager · Group Manager · Gun Club Manager · Gym Manager · Handicraft or Hobby Shop Manager · Health Club Manager · Health Information Manager · Highway Patrol Commander · Home Service Director · Horse Racetrack Manager