Chief Executives

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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
0.0%
(Minimal Risk)
POLLING
25%
(Low Risk, Based on 508 votes)
Average: 12%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
5.5%
by year 2033
WAGES
$206,680
or $99.36 per hour
Volume
211,230
as of 2023
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JOB SCORE
8.3/10
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- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
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- Volume of available positions

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Calculated automation risk

0.0% (Minimal Risk)

Minimal Risk (0-20%): Occupations in this category have a low probability of being automated, as they typically demand complex problem-solving, creativity, strong interpersonal skills, and a high degree of manual dexterity. These jobs often involve intricate hand movements and precise coordination, making it difficult for machines to replicate the required tasks.

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Some very important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Social Perceptiveness

  • Negotiation

  • Persuasion

Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Originality

  • Assisting and Caring for Others

User poll

25% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted there's a low chance this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 0.0% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Chief Executives will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

Sentiment

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Sentiment over time (yearly)

Growth

Fast growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Chief Executives' job openings is expected to rise 5.5% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Wages

Very high paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Chief Executives' was $206,680, or $99 per hour

'Chief Executives' were paid 330.0% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 211,230 people employed as 'Chief Executives' within the United States.

This represents around 0.14% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 718 people are employed as 'Chief Executives'.

Job description

Determine and formulate policies and provide overall direction of companies or private and public sector organizations within guidelines set up by a board of directors or similar governing body. Plan, direct, or coordinate operational activities at the highest level of management with the help of subordinate executives and staff managers.

SOC Code: 11-1011.00

Comments (20)

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nobody (Highly likely)
11 Nov 2025 20:16
ai is very good at day to day management of companies on a large scale while there'll still probably be a cel so the government and shareholders have someone to blame if things go wrong the teams of executive will shrink massively
adggfg (Low)
26 Oct 2025 12:31
A chief have their own taste, while ai only have calculating power and a bunch of 1 and 0s. AI is based on human resources and knowledge. They might do well copying repetitive jobs, such as telemakers. However, when we are talking about meals, it is a fundamental part in our living. People have to eat everyday. AI might have the advantage of controlling the stability of meal quality, but everyone have their different taste. To make everyone happy, a chef that is creative, skillful and professional can solve the issue easily. They have experienced everything. Ai doesn't. They are machines, and chefs touches water, fire and greases that can easily break a machine. There are way too many variables in cooking, for a decade, AI will not likely to yake away their jobs, only if people recognise pre-cooked meals, that will be another story.
T
01 Sep 2025 12:08
I think AI can certainly replace most of what the average CEO does day-to-day as far as rote work goes, but I don’t think these jobs will be 100% automated because CEOs have a disproportionate amount of influence in politics, and I am more than willing to bet CEOs have enough self-preservation instincts to not want to automate themselves out of high paying jobs.

Overall I suspect that CEOs will work together with politicians to tinker with the legal and political environment in a way that ensures everyone else’s job is automated before any risk comes to their own.
ali (No chance)
19 Nov 2024 17:46
a robot cant do the job like a human can, they cant connect with people like huamans do and to be a successful CEO its about who you know not what you know therefore a robot would be useless
Tim (medium)
02 Jul 2024 16:41
The core role of a CEO is to assess the market and their company position within it and allocate resources to maximise increase in revenue and stock value.

A.I excels at this kind of analysis and decision making. Very few CEO's engage with their staff on a personal level, something AI's are bad at doing.

In short: CEO's should be busy making hay, the sky looks overcast.
Ad (Low)
13 Dec 2023 18:09
Not at all, there aren't any options to replace them cause it's not about manage accounts and finance but more than leadership, creativity which can't be done by robots rather than human itself.
Star (Highly likely)
14 Sep 2023 00:21
It's already had two instances of full automation, and both significantly out perform their human counterparts.

As the primary job requirements are analyzing the market and networking, skills that computers hold significantly in advantage over humans, it's unlikely this job will last much longer.
Joe (Highly likely)
01 May 2023 00:07
A.i are generally better at thinking far ahead even if right now they still lag behind in negotiations
Davis Terrence (Highly likely)
16 Mar 2023 14:22
The CEO position is highly paid due to the large amount of responsibility. AI can make decisions without being influenced outside of Data. No one is afraid of offending an impartial AI CEO so the data given is highest quality. AI is perfect to replace CEOs.
Sarah
26 Nov 2022 02:37
1) I feel it is probable, yet dreadful, that many low-risk jobs with moderate to high pay rates will quickly become oversaturated. These jobs can then be easily replaced by others who accept progressively lower rates of pay.

2) The high-risk jobs will soon become automated and no longer exist.

3) Job growth would be surpassed by the oversaturation of remaining jobs. Few new job fields will open or boom, except perhaps, the robotics field.

4) This could likely lead to mass unemployment and under-employment, resulting in poverty. Companies may then have few buyers for their products and services.
Francisco Javier Gonzalez Cancino (Low)
28 Jun 2021 20:11
Because it is a more creative position, in which you must reason and make decisions, talk to people and manage personnel, you must create a bond
Ju
06 Nov 2020 05:47
I think in the future, most of the work on entrepreneur will be done by humans. For example, I think humans will still be in charge of creative thinking or creating new inventions. But I think artificial intelligence can manage accounting, finance, and staff.
Luca (No chance)
05 Nov 2020 13:43
CEOs lead companies and human intelligence is certainly required. Moreover CEOs are in charge and they will never allow their jobs to be replaced.
Faisal Ali
12 Oct 2020 02:27
When your talking about a chief executive officer it's someone starting his/her own business. Why would a robot take their place as the chief executive officer of the business it's so silly. But your talking about '' Super intelligence '' then because in that time when ASI arises they could become ceo's and get their own business started. That's fine but that doesn't mean humans will never start a business as ceo's. I'd say a robot would work for the CEO of the company.
Nathan N (Low)
14 Sep 2020 05:01
I think that chief executive require people and social skills that robots can no possess, and I believe that no robot is intelligent or advanced enough to handle this role.
Ari (No chance)
02 Sep 2020 13:28
robots just won't be able to perform these tasks nearly as goood and efficently as humans
부영대표얼짱녀
02 Sep 2020 03:36
Robots will not be able to replace human beings because they maintain a good relationship.
John Smith (Highly likely)
11 Nov 2019 02:11
Anyone who thinks they can't be replaced by a robot is delusional. That said, when the times comes, maybe the executives can learn to code?
PLINIO R BELLAS (Low)
26 Aug 2019 19:34
Excelente e muito criativo
Sarah (No chance)
25 Jun 2019 20:26
I would like to say: Chief executives can be the boss and that's a job to help run any company.
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