Social welfare managers
AI can help with a few sub-tasks (emails, paperwork), but the core of the job doesn't change.
Exposure is not job loss: it shows how much of the work generative AI could do today. Whether that turns into transformation, productivity gains or cuts depends on employers, regulation — and on you.
0 = today’s generative AI cannot perform any of the job’s tasks, 100 = it could do all of them fully. The pale band is the spread across tasks.
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Task by task
The ILO scored every task of the occupation separately, as the average of two AI models (GPT-4o and Gemini). The pale band is the range between the two models' scores, the dot the ILO's final score (for a few tasks expert review placed it outside the band).
- Controlling administrative operations such as budget planning, report preparation, and expenditure on supplies, equipment and services54
- Advising government bodies about measures to improve welfare services and facilities39
- Monitoring and evaluating resources devoted to the provision of welfare, housing, and other social services38
- Developing, implementing and monitoring procedures, policies and standards for staff37
- Establishing and managing budgets, controlling expenditure and ensuring the efficient use of resources36
- Establishing and directing operational and administrative procedures36
- Providing overall direction and management for a service, facility, organization or centre36
- Representing the organization in negotiations, and at conventions, seminars, public hearings and forums34
- Overseeing the selection, training and performance of staff.32
- Liaising with other welfare and health services providers, boards and funding bodies to discuss areas of health and welfare service cooperation and coordination30
How much does it affect you?
Every job is different: mark which of these tasks you do and how much, and we'll compute your own, time-weighted score.
For each task: I don't do it · sometimes · most of my job.
- Controlling administrative operations such as budget planning, report preparation, and expenditure on supplies, equipment and services(54)
- Advising government bodies about measures to improve welfare services and facilities(39)
- Monitoring and evaluating resources devoted to the provision of welfare, housing, and other social services(38)
- Developing, implementing and monitoring procedures, policies and standards for staff(37)
- Establishing and managing budgets, controlling expenditure and ensuring the efficient use of resources(36)
- Establishing and directing operational and administrative procedures(36)
- Providing overall direction and management for a service, facility, organization or centre(36)
- Representing the organization in negotiations, and at conventions, seminars, public hearings and forums(34)
- Overseeing the selection, training and performance of staff.(32)
- Liaising with other welfare and health services providers, boards and funding bodies to discuss areas of health and welfare service cooperation and coordination(30)
You are exactly at the occupation average. (The occupation's score: 37.)
About 10% of your working time goes to highly exposed tasks (score ≥ 50).
- • Controlling administrative operations such as budget planning, report preparation, and expenditure on supplies, equipment and services
- • Advising government bodies about measures to improve welfare services and facilities
- • Liaising with other welfare and health services providers, boards and funding bodies to discuss areas of health and welfare service cooperation and coordination
- • Overseeing the selection, training and performance of staff.
An estimate from the ILO task scores. Everything is computed in your browser — nothing is sent or stored.
How many people work in this occupational group?
Share of the Production and specialised services managers group in total employment, by country (Eurostat, ISCO 2-digit — 4-digit breakdowns are not public by country).
Table view
| Country | Production and specialised services managers |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 5.5% · 1,892 thousand · 2025 |
| Estonia | 4.6% · 32 thousand · 2025 |
| Ireland | 4.1% · 115 thousand · 2025 |
| Iceland | 3.2% · 7 thousand · 2025 |
| Croatia | 3.2% · 54 thousand · 2025 |
| Malta | 3.1% · 10 thousand · 2025 |
| Sweden | 3.0% · 158 thousand · 2025 |
| Bulgaria | 2.8% · 82 thousand · 2025 |
| Norway | 2.8% · 80 thousand · 2025 |
| Belgium | 2.7% · 140 thousand · 2025 |
| Latvia | 2.7% · 24 thousand · 2025 |
| Hungary | 2.5% · 118 thousand · 2025 |
| France | 2.5% · 728 thousand · 2025 |
| Switzerland | 2.5% · 119 thousand · 2025 |
| Netherlands | 2.4% · 238 thousand · 2025 |
| Lithuania | 2.3% · 33 thousand · 2025 |
| Poland | 2.2% · 381 thousand · 2025 |
| Portugal | 2.1% · 109 thousand · 2025 |
| Slovakia | 1.9% · 49 thousand · 2025 |
| Austria | 1.9% · 84 thousand · 2025 |
| Cyprus | 1.9% · 9 thousand · 2025 |
| Czechia | 1.7% · 91 thousand · 2025 |
| Italy | 1.4% · 341 thousand · 2025 |
| Slovenia | 1.4% · 14 thousand · 2025 |
| Germany | 1.3% · 569 thousand · 2025 |
| Finland | 1.3% · 34 thousand · 2025 |
| Spain | 1.3% · 292 thousand · 2025 |
| Denmark | 1.2% · 38 thousand · 2025 |
| Romania | 0.9% · 72 thousand · 2025 |
| Greece | 0.9% · 38 thousand · 2025 |
What do they earn?
Mean gross monthly earnings in the major occupational group (Managers). Eurostat's earnings survey only publishes pay by occupation at 1 digit, so this is the job's broader group. Enterprises with 10+ employees, 2022.
By country, at purchasing power parity (PPS/month), so countries with different price levels can be compared.
- Switzerland8,354
- Italy7,983
- Luxembourg7,683
- Belgium7,390
- Germany7,172
- Denmark6,654
- Austria6,190
- Ireland6,181
- Finland6,101
- Cyprus5,842
- Norway5,718
- Iceland5,653
- Netherlands5,508
- EU275,374
- France5,226
- Sweden4,960
- Slovenia4,808
- Spain4,699
- Czechia4,257
- Portugal4,203
- Greece4,190
- Malta4,128
- Poland4,112
- Romania4,078
- Lithuania4,031
- Hungary3,641
- Bulgaria3,559
- Croatia3,524
- Slovakia3,418
- Estonia3,290
- Latvia3,288
Source: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey (earn_ses22_21), every four years. The United Kingdom is not covered by the survey.
Outlook to 2035
Employment in the Production and specialised services managers group according to Cedefop's 2026 forecast.
thousand · Cedefop Skills Forecast 2026 · 2026–2035: projection
Replacement demand is the jobs left by people retiring or changing careers — even a shrinking occupation can have many openings.
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Sources: ILO WP140 (2025) · Eurostat lfsa_egai2d · Cedefop Skills Forecast 2026 · WEF Future of Jobs 2025 · ESCO. The exposure score measures how much of an occupation's tasks generative AI could perform — not whether the job disappears. For information only, not career advice. How do we calculate this?