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AI Automation Index
Will AI Replace Lodging Managers?
Task-level automation exposure for Lodging Managers: 24 O*NET tasks scored against their work activities, plus the simulator.
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50%
weighted task index
24 of 24 tasks scored
Median Salary
$69,250 / year
BLS OEWS, May 2025 — this exact occupation
Employment Level
Medium
42,620 people hold this job — size, not growth
Projected 2025–35
+3.8%
employment change
5,500 openings a year · BLS line item
Pay by state
BLS OEWS publishes 52 state estimates for this occupation. Each is its own survey estimate, not the national median adjusted for local prices.
$43,860 – $114,070
Highest medians
Hawaii $114,070
New Jersey $107,720
Rhode Island $106,630
Washington $101,350
Massachusetts $97,350
Lowest medians
Puerto Rico $43,860
Arkansas $45,870
Missouri $46,880
Ohio $48,690
Oklahoma $50,740
State figures come from the 11-9081 row in the May 2025 state panel. States where the estimate was suppressed or too small to publish are absent.
What the score is made of
Each task is mapped to its work activities, scored for AI automation potential, and weighted by how important those activities are to the job. These are the components.
Automation potential 50%
Importance-weighted mean of the scored tasks. This is the headline index.
Physical work 8%
Share of weighted tasks in hands-on or machine-operating work activities.
Judgment & influence 30%
Share in analysis, decisions, teaching, directing, advising, or caring for others.
Routine administration 8%
Share in documenting, recording, and administrative activities.
Rewritten by O*NET 0%
Share of weighted tasks O*NET rewrote in a recent update. Reported, not folded into the score.
Consequence of error 0/100
Low
O*NET's own rating of how serious an uncorrectable mistake would be here — respondents, not us. Deliberately not in the index: the score measures what AI can do with the task content, and multiplying it by stakes would be our judgment dressed as data.
Constituent Task Mix
24 tasks for this occupation, weighted by work-activity importance. Shares below are of total task weight, not task count.
High exposure (≥ 60% of the task is automatable) 28%
7 tasks
Medium exposure (≥ 35%) 52%
12 tasks
Low exposure (below 35%) 20%
5 tasks
How would you survive?
Move your week away from the high-exposure tasks and toward the ones that need judgment. The simulator recalculates the index as you shift the mix.
Simulate Upskilling →Constituent Tasks
#1105 · Core · 59% automatable
Answer inquiries pertaining to hotel policies and services, and resolve occupants' complaints.
interpersonal — Scripted info delivery, but live rapport and accountability matter
Provide basic information to guests, visitors, or clients. Resolve customer complaints or problems.
#1108 · Core · 55% automatable
Participate in financial activities, such as the setting of room rates, the establishment of budgets, and the allocation of funds to departments.
decision support — AI tracks and models budgets; human owns allocation decisions
Manage organizational or project budgets.
#1109 · Core · 45% automatable
Confer and cooperate with other managers to ensure coordination of hotel activities.
interpersonal — Coordinating work through live human interaction
Confer with organizational members to accomplish work activities.
#1104 · Core · 72% automatable
Greet and register guests.
interpersonal — Scripted info delivery, but live rapport and accountability matter
Provide basic information to guests, visitors, or clients.
#18599 · Core · 70% automatable
Monitor the revenue activity of the hotel or facility.
data analysis — Cash flow tracking is digital and analyzable
Monitor flow of cash or other resources.
#1111 · Core · 45% automatable
Manage and maintain temporary or permanent lodging facilities.
data analysis — Systems data monitored by AI; facilities need human oversight
Monitor facilities or operational systems.
#1113 · Core · 45% automatable
Train staff members.
interpersonal — Program design aided, delivery and engagement are human
Conduct employee training programs.
#1112 · Core · 49% automatable
Observe and monitor staff performance to ensure efficient operations and adherence to facility's policies and procedures.
data analysis — AI analyzes performance metrics; human judges people context
Monitor performance of organizational members or partners. Monitor activities of individuals to ensure safety or compliance with rules. Evaluate employee performance.
#1107 · Core · 40% automatable
Coordinate front-office activities of hotels or motels, and resolve problems.
interpersonal — Complaint resolution needs authority and rapport
Resolve customer complaints or problems. Direct administrative or support services.
#1116 · Core · 20% automatable
Inspect guest rooms, public areas, and grounds for cleanliness and appearance.
visual inspection — Physical condition/function check needs hands-on access
Inspect condition or functioning of facilities or equipment.
#1106 · Core · 75% automatable
Assign duties to workers, and schedule shifts.
decision support — Generate schedules from constraints; human resolves conflicts
Prepare staff schedules or work assignments.
#1123 · Core · 35% automatable
Receive and process advance registration payments, mail letters of confirmation, or return checks when registrations cannot be accepted.
physical manipulation — In-person payment handling; some digital automation
Collect payments for goods or services.
#1118 · Core · 30% automatable
Interview and hire applicants.
interpersonal — Live interviewing is human relational work
Interview employees, customers, or others to collect information. Hire personnel.
#1119 · Core · 67% automatable
Purchase supplies, and arrange for outside services, such as deliveries, laundry, maintenance and repair, and trash collection.
data analysis — AI plans transport schedules; human handles disruptions
Schedule product or material transportation. Purchase materials, equipment, or other resources.
#18600 · Core · 57% automatable
Collect payments and record data pertaining to funds and expenditures.
data analysis — Maintain operational records in structured systems
Maintain operational records. Collect payments for goods or services.
#1115 · Core · 49% automatable
Develop and implement policies and procedures for the operation of a department or establishment.
decision support — AI drafts strategies; human owns operational judgment
Implement organizational process or policy changes. Develop organizational policies or programs. Develop operating strategies, plans, or procedures.
#1117 · Core · 75% automatable
Prepare required paperwork pertaining to departmental functions.
text generation — Document organizational procedures from provided content
Document organizational or operational procedures.
#1114 · Core · 33% automatable
Show, rent, or assign accommodations.
decision support — Scheduling/allocation logic helps; human resolves conflicts
Guide patrons on tours. Assign resources or facilities to patrons or employees.
#1121 · Core · 55% automatable
Perform marketing and public relations activities.
text generation — Promotional materials drafted; human executes outreach
Promote products, services, or programs.
#1122 · Core · 25% automatable
Organize and coordinate the work of staff and convention personnel for meetings to be held at a particular facility.
interpersonal — Guest services management is live human relationship work
Manage guest services.
#1125 · Core · 10% automatable
Provide assistance to staff members by inspecting rooms, setting tables, or doing laundry.
physical manipulation — Hands-on manual service tasks
Perform manual service or maintenance tasks.
#1120 · Core · 72% automatable
Arrange telephone answering services, deliver mail and packages, or answer questions regarding locations for eating and entertainment.
interpersonal — Scripted info delivery, but live rapport and accountability matter
Provide basic information to guests, visitors, or clients.
#1124 · Supplemental · 45% automatable
Meet with clients to schedule and plan details of conventions, banquets, receptions and other functions.
interpersonal — Stakeholder operational coordination is relationship work
Coordinate operational activities with external stakeholders.
#1126 · Supplemental · 65% automatable
Book tickets for guests for local tours and attractions.
decision support — Procurement drafting and comparison; human commits funds
Purchase materials, equipment, or other resources.
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How this was scored
- 1. Tasks. O*NET task statements for this occupation, from a release whose newest record is dated 08/2026.
- 2. Work activities. Each task maps to 1–5 Detailed Work Activities; each activity belongs to one of 41 Generalized Work Activities that O*NET rates for importance (1–5) in this occupation.
- 3. Automation potential. Every work activity carries one score for how far current AI can perform it end-to-end. Tasks inherit the mean of their activities.
- 4. Weighting. Task weight = 0.35 + 0.65 × (importance − 1)/4, scaled by how often the task is performed and by 0.7 for Supplemental tasks. Importance is the task's own O*NET rating where it exists (18,369 of 18,838 tasks); the rest inherit their work activities' importance. The index is the weighted mean.
Check: across the 910 occupations where O*NET also rates how far machine speed sets the pace, this index moves opposite to it (Spearman ρ = -0.49). The more a job is paced by equipment, the less of its task content AI can address — the relationship you would expect if the scoring is working.
Sources · O*NET 31.0 (task records to 08/2026) · BLS OEWS May 2025 · BLS projections 2025-2035 · rubric v2.1 · tasks for O*NET, not a forecast
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