Office & Admin
Knowledge Management Specialists
SOC 43-9031
Build and maintain the knowledge bases and wikis that organizations depend on.
The job
Median pay
$55k
$44k to $74k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Declining
-14% projected
Openings a year
300
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
Very high
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
3/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
90th pct
More exposed than 90% of occupations · modeled estimate · 90th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
25/100
Key skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Writing
- Active Learning
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 350 | 0.0 | 1.7× | $57k |
| California | 320 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $72k |
| Texas | 270 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $58k |
| Georgia | 230 | 0.0 | 2.2× | $39k |
| Florida | 150 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $53k |
| Illinois | 150 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $61k |
| Maryland | 140 | 0.1 | 2.4× | $70k |
| Pennsylvania | 140 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $54k~ |
| Indiana | 130 | 0.0 | 1.9× | $49k |
| New Jersey | 100 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $63k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 90 | 0.3 | 12.8× | $61k~ |
| Minnesota | 90 | 0.0 | 1.4× | $55k |
| Oregon | 90 | 0.0 | 2.1× | $51k |
| Massachusetts | 80 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $61k |
| North Carolina | 80 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $44k |
| Washington | 70 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $66k~ |
| Missouri | 64 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $53k~ |
| Ohio | 60 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $53k |
| Colorado | 57 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $78k~ |
| Vermont | 50 | 0.2 | 7.6× | $54k |
| Virginia | 50 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $55k~ |
| Alabama | 43 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $47k~ |
| Utah | 42 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $53k~ |
| Kentucky | 40 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $46k |
| Louisiana | 40 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $47k |
| Michigan | 40 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $45k |
| Nebraska | 40 | 0.0 | 1.8× | $36k |
| Oklahoma | 40 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $46k |
| South Carolina | 40 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $62k |
| Tennessee | 40 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $44k |
| Wisconsin | 40 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $46k |
| Connecticut | 37 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $62k~ |
| Nevada | 35 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $54k~ |
| Iowa | 32 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $54k~ |
| Kansas | 31 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $52k~ |
| Arizona | 30 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $52k |
| Maine | 30 | 0.0 | 2.2× | $47k |
| New Hampshire | 30 | 0.0 | 2.0× | $48k |
| Arkansas | 29 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $46k~ |
| Mississippi | 28 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $45k~ |
| New Mexico | 21 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $52k~ |
| Idaho | 20 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $53k~ |
| West Virginia | 15 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $46k~ |
| Hawaii | 14 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $57k~ |
| Delaware | 11 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $56k~ |
| Montana | 11 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $53k~ |
| Washington DC | 10 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $71k~ |
| Rhode Island | 10 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $58k~ |
| South Dakota | 10 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $51k~ |
| North Dakota | 9 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $56k~ |
| Wyoming | 5 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $53k~ |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ320 jobs · $63k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA140 jobs · $43k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN120 jobs · $58k median
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV120 jobs · $73k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX90 jobs · $68k median
- Anchorage, AK70 jobs · $36k median
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD60 jobs · $63k median
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH60 jobs · $81k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Knowledge Management Specialists interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.