Security Management Specialists

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JOB SCORE
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Job Score (higher is better):

We rate jobs using four factors. These are:

- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

These are some key things to think about when job hunting.

Risk & user votes

Calculated automation risk

10% (Minimal Risk)

Minimal Risk (0-20%): This occupation appears difficult to replace end-to-end with current or near-future automation, including AI software and robotics. Roles in this range usually depend on human judgement, creativity, care, leadership, specialist expertise, or adapting to messy real-world situations. AI and machines may still change parts of the work, but the occupation is likely to remain a distinct human role.

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Human strengths important in this job

These are human abilities and work contexts that are important in this occupation. They may help explain why parts of the role are harder to replace end-to-end, but they are not the only inputs into the automation score.

Decision-making and problem solving

Very important
Why this matters
Analyze information, weigh tradeoffs, and choose the best solution—especially when situations are ambiguous, high-stakes, or have real-world consequences.
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Communicating with people outside the organization

Very important
Why this matters
Represents the organization to customers, the public, or government—handling questions, concerns, and relationship-building through conversations, writing, calls, or email.
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Consulting and advising others

Very important
Why this matters
Provide guidance and expert advice to managers or teams on technical, system, or process decisions—explaining options, tradeoffs, and recommended actions.
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Assisting and caring for others

Quite important
Why this matters
Provide hands-on help, emotional support, or personal care to people—work that depends on empathy, trust, and responding to individual needs in the moment.
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Thinking creatively

Quite important
Why this matters
Coming up with original ideas and designs—creating new concepts, products, systems, or artistic work. This kind of open-ended invention and taste-based judgment is harder to automate end-to-end than routine, rule-based tasks.
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Social perceptiveness

Quite important
Why this matters
Noticing others’ emotions and reactions in the moment and adjusting what you say or do based on why they’re responding that way.
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Persuasion

Quite important
Why this matters
Influencing people to change their minds or behavior through conversation, trust, and negotiation.
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Coaching and developing others

Quite important
Why this matters
Helps people learn and improve through coaching, mentoring, and feedback. This relies on trust, motivation, and adapting guidance to each person—work that’s hard to replace end-to-end with automation.
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Coordinating others’ work

Quite important
Why this matters
Bringing people together, assigning tasks, and keeping a group aligned so work gets done.
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Active learning

Quite important
Why this matters
Keeps learning from new information and applying it to make better decisions now and in the future, especially when situations change.
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Operations analysis

Quite important
Why this matters
Figure out what people need and what a product must do, then translate those requirements into a workable design.
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What users think

Based on 21 votes

45% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted they are unsure if this occupation will be automated. However, employees may be able to find reassurance in the automated risk level we have generated, which shows 10% chance of automation.

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What is the likelihood that Security Management Specialists will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

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Pay & outlook

Wages

High paid relative to other professions

In 2024, the median annual wage for Business Operations Specialists, All Other was $81,270 ($39 per hour).

The median annual wage for Business Operations Specialists, All Other was 64.2% higher than the national median annual wage, which stood at $49,500.

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Growth

Moderate growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Business Operations Specialists, All Other' job openings is expected to rise 3.0% by 2034

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

Volume

Significantly greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2024 there were 1,128,200 people employed as 'Business Operations Specialists, All Other' within the United States.

This represents around 0.7% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 136 people are employed as 'Business Operations Specialists, All Other'.

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What people are saying (3)

Ong Chia Choong (Moderate)
19 Dec 2025 07:30
Sometimes the methodology can be predictable and over time, there could be methods and assessments processes which be automated
Joe (Low)
05 Nov 2025 15:48
The role includes many tasks that require both software and hardware interaction—things an AI would not be able to handle on its own. It involves communicating with field technicians, identifying design gaps, and troubleshooting issues that can range from field-related problems to programming interactions with physical hardware. There are also many custom solutions, and a lot of trial-and-error is involved in this industry. I could see AI helping with basic tasks, such as simple programming or generating device configurations, but that would only cover about 5 percent of the job at most. At times, there is a need for vast knowledge in different fields since they all interact with each other. IT, Physical installation, Network troubleshooting, coding, and end-to-end user and installer troubleshooting.
pphi (Low)
27 Sep 2024 00:30
The profession requires the ability to creatively solve tasks that arise from new situations in people's social lives. It demands analytical skills to perceive human-to-human relationships, and in the near future, human-to-robot relationships, in order to predict potential security threats that may emerge in social interactions.
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Job description

Conduct security assessments for organizations, and design security systems and processes. May specialize in areas such as physical security or the safety of employees and facilities.

O*NET-SOC code: 13-1199.07