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Chief Executives

SOC 11-1011

Set the direction of an organization, allocate its resources, and answer to a board or owners.

Median pay
$214k
$130k to $356k typical range
Outlook
Growing fast
22k openings / yr
Education
Bachelor's plus years
AI displacement risk
Low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person · our model, not a benchmark
Works with AI
49/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
91st pct
More exposed than 91% of occupations · modeled estimate · 54th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
87/100

Key skills

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.