As of June 2026, Systems Administrator has an AI-exposure score of 62/100 (Elevated exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.

AI Exposure Score for

Systems Administrator

62/100
Elevated exposure
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More exposed than 73% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$92,000.

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62
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62
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Your tasks, by AI exposure

Automatable
  • Gather data pertaining to customer needs, and use the information to identify, predict, interpret, and evaluate system and network requirements.
  • Maintain logs related to network functions, as well as maintenance and repair records.
  • Perform routine network startup and shutdown procedures, and maintain control records.
  • Analyze equipment performance records to determine the need for repair or replacement.
  • Manage servers and accounts
Augmentable
  • Automate provisioning
  • Configure, monitor, and maintain email applications or virus protection software.
  • Operate master consoles to monitor the performance of computer systems and networks and to coordinate computer network access and use.
  • Monitor network performance to determine whether adjustments are needed and where changes will be needed in the future.
  • Plan, coordinate, and implement network security measures to protect data, software, and hardware.
  • Perform data backups and disaster recovery operations.
  • Confer with network users about solutions to existing system problems.
  • Recommend changes to improve systems and network configurations, and determine hardware or software requirements related to such changes.
  • Maintain and administer computer networks and related computing environments, including computer hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.
  • Load computer tapes and disks, and install software and printer paper or forms.
  • Train people in computer system use.
  • Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware, software, or other network and system problems, and replace defective components when necessary.
  • Design, configure, and test computer hardware, networking software and operating system software.
  • Resolve infrastructure incidents
  • Plan capacity
Durable

No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as augmentable (75%).

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