# Will regulatory affairs managers be replaced by AI? Updated October 2026 Regulatory affairs managers score 50 of 100 for AI exposure. The largest share of their task time, 75%, is work AI speeds up while they stay in charge. AI can take over 14% outright, and 11% stays with people. - **14%** AI can do it - **75%** AI helps - **11%** Needs a person High exposure Higher than 75% of the 923 occupations we scored. ## Task by task We graded 27 tasks, listed here from most to least exposed. AI can do 4 of them today, speeds up 20 and leaves 3 to people. | Task | AI exposure | | --- | --- | | Maintain current knowledge of relevant regulations, including proposed and final rules. AI monitors and summarizes rule changes; person reviews impact. | 65% AI can do it | | Review materials such as marketing literature or user manuals to ensure that regulatory agency requirements are met. AI screens marketing and manual text against regulatory requirements. | 65% AI can do it | | Review all regulatory agency submission materials to ensure timeliness, accuracy, comprehensiveness, or compliance with regulatory standards. AI checks submissions against checklists; expert signs off. | 60% AI helps | | Develop and maintain standard operating procedures or local working practices. AI drafts SOPs well; approval and local fit need people. | 60% AI helps | | Monitor emerging trends regarding industry regulations to determine potential impacts on organizational processes. AI scans and summarizes industry regulatory trends; person reviews impact. | 60% AI can do it | ## How regulatory affairs managers compare All occupations (923) Management (56) **Regulatory affairs managers score 50**, 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 46 for management. ## Pay and outlook in the US Median pay $141,900 a year, May 2025 People employed 103,698 in the US, May 2025 Projected change in jobs +4.9% from 2024 to 2034 ## Skills to build - Run impact reviews on proposed and final rule changes - Sign off submissions that AI has checked against agency checklists - Write and approve SOPs in Microsoft Word and SharePoint - Lead agency meetings and negotiations in person - Hold the RAPS Regulatory Affairs Certification (RAC) - Manage audit and inspection readiness in Microsoft Project ## Safer roles nearby 5 related occupations with lower scores. - [Administrative services managers38 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/administrative-services-managers/) - [Quality control systems managers47 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/quality-control-systems-managers/) - [Natural sciences managers45 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/natural-sciences-managers/) - [Chief executives42 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/chief-executives/) - [Government property inspectors43 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/government-property-inspectors/) ## Questions about regulatory affairs managers and AI Will AI replace regulatory affairs managers? Partly. About 4 in 10 working hours go to tasks AI can already do, mostly keeping up with regulations and reviewing marketing literature and user manuals against agency requirements. What stays with people is signing off submissions, negotiating with agencies, and deciding priorities and budgets. Which tasks is AI taking over for regulatory affairs managers? AI takes over rule monitoring and first pass document screening. Keeping up with proposed and final rules scores 65 on exposure, so AI tracks changes and summarizes them while a person reviews the impact on the business. Checking marketing literature and user manuals against agency requirements also scores 65, because that text follows fixed rules a model can match. Which tasks stay human for regulatory affairs managers? Agency relationships, live representation, and budget decisions stay with people. Building trust with state and federal environmental agencies depends on in-person dialogue, and representing a company before regulators on major policy matters needs a person in the room. Setting priorities and allocating budgets rests on leadership judgment and tradeoffs. How do regulatory affairs managers stay valuable? Take responsibility for the review and sign off step on every AI drafted output. Check AI screened submissions against agency checklists before signing, and adapt SOP drafts to local working practice in SharePoint. Put the hours freed from rule monitoring into agency meetings and audit readiness tracked in Microsoft Project. ## Related jobs - [Compliance managers52 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/compliance-managers/) - [Management consultants55 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/management-consultants/) - [Financial risk specialists60 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/financial-risk-specialists/) - [Project managers53 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/project-managers/) ## Next steps for regulatory affairs managers - ### 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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