General and Operations Managers vs First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers: AI exposure, pay and openings

AI use is higher in first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers work: 23% of tasks (some) against 14% for general and operations managers (some). General and Operations Managers has the higher median pay, $105,770 a year against $87,520, a gap of $18,250.

Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet.

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MeasureGeneral and Operations ManagersFirst-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
Tasks that already see AI use14% (Some)23% (Some)
Median pay a year$105,770$87,520

Exposure: Anthropic Economic Index, March 2026. Pay, growth and openings: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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