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What can computer user support specialists switch to? AI or robots touch about 4h 32m of a typical 8-hour shift for computer user support specialists, nearly all of it on tasks AI or robots have done on their own somewhere. The jobs below use many of the same skills, and less of their day is touched today. The closest fit is computer systems engineers/architects: 3h 7m touched, with median pay 88% higher.
Matches come from O*NET's ratings of the skills, knowledge and work activities each job uses. "To build up" lists the skills each option rates as clearly more important than computer user support specialists do today. "Touched" is time on tasks with documented AI use or robots working in real workplaces. Treat these as starting points: pay, openings and requirements differ by state.
Same training or less
- Computer Systems Engineers/ArchitectsRelated skills · 3h 7m touched (vs 4h 32m) · $117k · +5.1% by 2035 · vocational school or associate's degreeShared skills: Programming, Reading Comprehension, Active ListeningTo build up: Operations Analysis, Science, Programming
- Computer Systems AnalystsRelated skills · 3h 6m touched (vs 4h 32m) · $106k · +7.9% by 2035 · vocational school or associate's degreeShared skills: Programming, Troubleshooting, SpeakingTo build up: Programming, Systems Evaluation, Mathematics
With more training
- Computer Network Support SpecialistsRelated skills · 2h 40m touched (vs 4h 32m) · $76k · +1.2% by 2035 · bachelor's degreeShared skills: Installation, Programming, TroubleshootingNo big skill gaps
- Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsRelated skills · 2h 56m touched (vs 4h 32m) · $99k · -4.1% by 2035 · bachelor's degreeShared skills: Installation, Programming, TroubleshootingTo build up: Programming, Equipment Maintenance, Repairing
- Database AdministratorsRelated skills · 3h 35m touched (vs 4h 32m) · $105k · -0.1% by 2035 · bachelor's degreeShared skills: Programming, Complex Problem Solving, Technology DesignTo build up: Programming, Mathematics, Operations Analysis
Before you switch
See the full time card for computer user support specialists first: many tasks there still need a person, and learning AI tools for the rest can be its own way forward. For pay where you live, open any job above and pick your state.