# Will business professors be replaced by AI? Updated October 2026 Business professors score 52 of 100 for AI exposure. The largest share of their task time, 40%, is work AI speeds up while they stay in charge. AI can take over 24% outright, and 36% stays with people. - **24%** AI can do it - **40%** AI helps - **36%** Needs a person High exposure Higher than 79% of the 923 occupations we scored. ## Task by task We graded 25 tasks, listed here from most to least exposed. AI can do 5 of them today, speeds up 10 and leaves 10 to people. | Task | AI exposure | | --- | --- | | Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records. Attendance and grade records are routine data entry in software. | 75% AI can do it | | Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments. AI searches and formats specialized reading lists; instructor verifies. | 75% AI can do it | | Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts. AI generates syllabi, homework sets and handouts from a template. | 70% AI can do it | | Develop and maintain course Web sites. AI builds and updates course web pages and content with little input. | 70% AI can do it | | Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers. AI can grade routine assignments and essays; instructor reviews results. | 60% AI can do it | ## How business professors compare All occupations (923) Educational instruction and library (62) **Business professors score 52**, marked by the dark line. Each dot is a score, darker where more occupations share it. The short marks show the averages, 37 for all occupations and 45 for educational instruction and library. ## Pay and outlook in the US Median pay $99,080 a year, May 2025 People employed 82,150 in the US, May 2025 Projected change in jobs +5.9% from 2024 to 2034 ## Skills to build - Run regression and variance analysis in SAS - Run statistical tests in IBM SPSS Statistics - Manage gradebooks and course delivery in the LMS - Lead live case discussions with students in class - Hold office hours and advise students in person - Build spreadsheet models in Microsoft Excel for coursework ## Safer roles nearby 5 related occupations with lower scores. - [Economics professors45 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/economics-professors/) - [High school CTE teachers35 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/high-school-cte-teachers/) - [Law professors45 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/law-professors/) - [Computer science professors51 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/computer-science-professors/) - [Family and consumer sciences professors48 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/family-and-consumer-sciences-professors/) ## Questions about business professors and AI Will AI replace business professors? Partly. About 4 in 10 working hours go to tasks AI can already do, mostly maintaining student records and preparing course materials such as syllabi and handouts. Live classroom discussion, office hours and committee deliberation stay with professors because they need a person in the room. Which tasks is AI taking over from business professors? Record keeping, bibliographies and course preparation go first. Maintaining attendance and grade records scores 75 on exposure, and compiling reading lists scores 75 as well, since AI searches and formats them while the instructor checks the result. AI also generates syllabi and homework sets from templates, exposure 70. Which tasks stay human for business professors? Moderating classroom discussions and holding office hours stay with professors, each scoring 15 on exposure. Both depend on live interaction and judgement in the room. Participating in campus events, exposure 5, and advising student organizations, exposure 10, need physical presence and personal relationships. How can business professors stay valuable as AI takes over routine work? Teach the analysis itself by running regressions and variance tests in SAS and IBM SPSS Statistics with students present. Review every AI-drafted syllabus, handout and grade in the LMS before release. Spend the hours freed from record keeping on office hours and committee work, where live presence counts. ## Related jobs - [Management consultants55 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/management-consultants/) - [Instructional coordinators59 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/instructional-coordinators/) - [Education professors52 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/education-professors/) - [Vocational instructors47 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/vocational-instructors/) ## Next steps for business professors - ### Check your job Your job title is a rough guide. Your actual tasks decide your score. Paste your job description or CV and see which of your tasks AI can do. 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