Guides · Updated October 19, 2026
Is AI really the biggest risk to my job?
Often it isn't. In 65 of our 120 roles, other forces move the job more, like interest rates, budgets or the building cycle. Each report names the risk and the signals to watch.
65 roles where other risks lead
Marketing and communications
- Marketing managerDelayering risk31 of 40 hours
- Internal communications managerFold risk30 of 40 hours
- Design and UX managerDelayering risk38 of 40 hours
Sales and customer
- Customer success managerRestructuring risk26 of 40 hours
- Account executiveQuota and headcount-cycle risk29 of 40 hours
- Real estate agentTransaction-volume risk35 of 40 hours
- Sales managerDelayering and bookings-cycle risk33 of 40 hours
- Contact center managerHeadcount and site consolidation risk32 of 40 hours
Finance and insurance
- Credit analystMerger risk26 of 40 hours
- Mortgage loan processorRate-cycle risk23 of 40 hours
- Personal bankerBranch-channel risk30 of 40 hours
- Finance manager or controllerOwnership risk34 of 40 hours
- Accounting managerDelayering risk31 of 40 hours
- FP&A managerDelayering and cycle risk31 of 40 hours
- Bank branch managerBranch consolidation risk34 of 40 hours
- Claims managerDelayering risk33 of 40 hours
Data and technology
- Systems administratorMigration risk28 of 40 hours
- Senior software engineerLayoff and offshoring risk30 of 40 hours
- Engineering managerDelayering risk35 of 40 hours
- IT managerOutsourcing and consolidation risk33 of 40 hours
- Director of engineeringLayer removal risk34 of 40 hours
- Data and analytics managerDelayering risk35 of 40 hours
Operations and retail
- Operations analystFunding risk26 of 40 hours
- Executive assistantPrincipal and ratio risk22 of 40 hours
- Retail store managerLocation risk34 of 40 hours
- Supply chain managerDelayering risk35 of 40 hours
- Procurement managerCentralization risk35 of 40 hours
People and learning
- Instructional designerEnrollment risk27 of 40 hours
- RecruiterHiring-cycle risk25 of 40 hours
- K-12 teacherEnrollment and budget risk31 of 40 hours
- HR manager or HRBPDelayering and consolidation risk30 of 40 hours
- Talent acquisition managerHiring-cycle and delayering risk34 of 40 hours
- Learning and development managerBudget and delayering risk36 of 40 hours
Legal and compliance
- Contract administratorFederal budget risk32 of 40 hours
- Title examinerRate-cycle risk21 of 40 hours
- Compliance and risk managerDelayering and enforcement-cycle risk35 of 40 hours
Healthcare administration
- Pharmacy technicianConsolidation and central-fill risk27 of 40 hours
- Medical practice managerOwnership and consolidation risk32 of 40 hours
Management and consulting
- Operations managerCycle and consolidation risk32 of 40 hours
- Office managerOwnership risk31 of 40 hours
Clinical care
- Registered nurseTurnover and hospital budget risk32 of 40 hours
- Primary care physicianEmployer and pay-model risk30 of 40 hours
- Medical assistantOwnership and pay risk34 of 40 hours
Frontline, trades and transport
- Retail sales associateStore and hours risk32 of 40 hours
- Warehouse associateVolume and peak-cycle risk38 of 40 hours
- Truck driverFreight-cycle and enforcement risk38 of 40 hours
- ElectricianConstruction-cycle risk38 of 40 hours
Product and delivery
- IT project managerCapital-budget risk29 of 40 hours
- Technical program managerLayer-flattening risk31 of 40 hours
- Scrum masterRole-fold risk27 of 40 hours
- Product ownerSeat-merge risk25 of 40 hours
- Product managerFunding-cycle risk28 of 40 hours
- Business analystRetitling and offshoring risk25 of 40 hours
- Test analystOffshore and program risk23 of 40 hours
- Implementation specialistBookings risk24 of 40 hours
- Program manager or PMO leadProgram-end and delayering risk34 of 40 hours
Students
- Biomedical engineering studentGraduate-supply risk26 of 40 hours
- Industrial design studentManufacturing-cycle risk24 of 40 hours
- Biology and pre-health studentGrant-funding risk29 of 40 hours
- Nursing studentHospital budget and first-year risk31 of 40 hours
- Public health studentGrant-funding risk22 of 40 hours
Graduate and professional school
- PhD student in life sciencesGrant and exit risk35 of 40 hours
- Physical sciences PhD studentFederal funding and access risk29 of 40 hours
- Medical studentTraining-pipeline risk26 of 40 hours
- Pharmacy studentRetail consolidation risk31 of 40 hours
Hours are for a typical 40-hour week at the middle pace, from our task-by-task reports. How we score a job.