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Will AI replace marketing and sales managers?

5 jobs scored. On average 40% of the task time in these jobs still needs a person, and the family averages 69 out of 100 on Still needs a human, where higher is safer.

69
Average Still needs a human score, 0 to 100 ↑ safer. Will AI replace them? A little.
5
Jobs scored in this family
40%
Average share of that still needs a person
1.2M
US workers in these jobs

How the work could shift in Marketing and Sales Managers

The share of US workers in these jobs whose job would sit in each band, from today to 2060.

Today
0%
of US workers in this family are in jobs that mostly need a person (our top band, Nah.)
0% are in jobs AI could largely do (Largely.)
By 2045
0%
of US workers in this family would still be in jobs that mostly need a person (our top band, Nah.)
94% would be in jobs AI could largely do (Largely.)
By 2060
0%
of US workers in this family would still be in jobs that mostly need a person (our top band, Nah.)
100% would be in jobs AI could largely do (Largely.)

Each job's score moves towards the bottom band (Largely: AI could largely do the job) by the year it could be largely automated, slowly at first and faster later, as adoption usually goes. Each job is run as ten scenarios across its replacement range, so every figure mixes early and late outcomes. The model stops at 2060. How the timeline works

Share of US workers in this family in each verdict band, today to 20600%25%50%75%100%2026: 100.0% of US workers in this family in jobs where AI could do a little of the work (A little.)100%Today2030: 47.4% of US workers in this family in jobs where AI could do a little of the work (A little.)47%2030: 52.6% of US workers in this family in jobs AI could partly do (Partly.)53%20302035: 35.8% of US workers in this family in jobs AI could partly do (Partly.)36%2035: 44.2% of US workers in this family in jobs AI could mostly do (Mostly.)44%2035: 20.0% of US workers in this family in jobs AI could largely do (Largely.)20%20352040: 35.8% of US workers in this family in jobs AI could mostly do (Mostly.)36%2040: 64.2% of US workers in this family in jobs AI could largely do (Largely.)64%20402045: 5.8% of US workers in this family in jobs AI could mostly do (Mostly.)6%2045: 94.2% of US workers in this family in jobs AI could largely do (Largely.)94%20452050: 100.0% of US workers in this family in jobs AI could largely do (Largely.)100%20502055: 100.0% of US workers in this family in jobs AI could largely do (Largely.)100%20552060: 100.0% of US workers in this family in jobs AI could largely do (Largely.)100%2060
Will AI replace the job?Largely.Mostly.Partly.A little.Nah.
Share of US workers in this family whose job would sit in each band, year by year. Updated with every release.
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YearLargelyMostlyPartlyA littleNah
Today (2026)0.0%0.0%0.0%100.0%0.0%
20300.0%0.0%52.6%47.4%0.0%
203520.0%44.2%35.8%0.0%0.0%
204064.2%35.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
204594.2%5.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
2050100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
2055100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
2060100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

Every job in Marketing and Sales Managers, ranked

How to read a row: the number is the Still needs a human score, out of 100, higher is safer; “AI replace?” is our answer to “Will AI replace this job?”; the bar is the task split: white AI does it, grey AI helps, amber needs a human.

Advertising and Promotions ManagersManagement · 11-2011
67↑ saferAI replace? A little.
AI does 15%AI helps 51%Needs a human 34%
20402036–2048
21k
$133,660
Marketing ManagersManagement · 11-2021
67↑ saferAI replace? A little.
AI does 0%AI helps 63%Needs a human 37%
20392036–2048
395k
$166,790
Public Relations ManagersManagement · 11-2032
67↑ saferAI replace? A little.
AI does 18%AI helps 43%Needs a human 39%
20392036–2048
75k
$146,910
Fundraising ManagersManagement · 11-2033
70↑ saferAI replace? A little.
AI does 5%AI helps 63%Needs a human 32%
20412036–2050
39k
$125,470
Sales ManagersManagement · 11-2022
72↑ saferAI replace? A little.
AI does 10%AI helps 34%Needs a human 56%
20402036–2050
637k
$148,270