Occupations/11-3021.00

Computer and Information Systems Managers

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as electronic data processing, information systems, systems analysis, and computer programming.

Bachelor’s

Usually a four-year bachelor’s degree.

AI automation risk

70%

Higher automation risk

Human characteristics

56%

Balanced human and task mix

Task orientation

69%

Higher automation risk

A day in this job

  • Mostly human

    Meet with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.

  • Mostly routine

    Direct daily operations of department, analyzing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards and setting deadlines.

  • Task

    Review project plans to plan and coordinate project activity.

Split from the wording of these tasks, shown next to the occupation’s AI risk. It is not a separate score for each task, and it is not a forecast that the job disappears.

Core tasks

  1. 01Direct daily operations of department, analyzing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards and setting deadlines.
  2. 02Meet with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.
  3. 03Review project plans to plan and coordinate project activity.
  4. 04Assign and review the work of systems analysts, programmers, and other computer-related workers.
  5. 05Provide users with technical support for computer problems.
  6. 06Develop computer information resources, providing for data security and control, strategic computing, and disaster recovery.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

  • Repeating same tasks3.88
  • Degree of automation2.56
  • Time sitting4.58
  • Originality (ability)3.25
  • Conflict situations3.30
  • Hands-on objects/tools2.94
  • Outdoors / weather1.17
  • Disease exposure1.05
  • Decision freedom4.42

Top abilities

  • Written Comprehension4.00
  • Problem Sensitivity4.00
  • Oral Expression4.00
  • Oral Comprehension4.00
  • Inductive Reasoning4.00
  • Deductive Reasoning4.00
  • Written Expression3.75
  • Near Vision3.75

Essential skills

  • Reading Comprehension4.00
  • Active Listening4.00
  • Writing3.75
  • Speaking3.88
  • Mathematics3.12
  • Science1.75
  • Critical Thinking4.12
  • Active Learning3.38
  • Learning Strategies3.25
  • Monitoring3.88

CIP matches

11.0101Computer and Information Sciences, General11.0103Information Technology11.0401Information Science/Studies11.0701Computer Science11.0802Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration11.0901Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications11.1001Network and System Administration/Administrator11.1002System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/Manager11.1003Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance11.1005Information Technology Project Management30.0801Mathematics and Computer Science30.1601Accounting and Computer Science30.3101Human Computer Interaction30.3901Economics and Computer Science30.7001Data Science, General52.0205Operations Management and Supervision52.1201Management Information Systems, General52.1206Information Resources Management52.1207Knowledge Management52.1299Management Information Systems and Services, Other52.2101Telecommunications Management

Schools offering related programs

12 of 93 shown

Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.

InstitutionProgramTuitionAdmitGrad 6-yrEarnings

Stanford University

Stanford, CA · Private nonprofit

Computer Science

11.0701

$62,4004%96%

1 yr $147,858

2 yr $136,499

Bachelor's · CIP 11.07

University of California-San Diego

La Jolla, CA · Public

Computer and Information Sciences, General

11.0101

$15,20024%87%

1 yr $109,429

2 yr $110,878

Bachelor's · CIP 11.01

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA · Public

Computer and Information Sciences, General

11.0101

$14,80011%93%

1 yr $109,392

2 yr $120,462

Bachelor's · CIP 11.01

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY · Private nonprofit

Computer and Information Sciences, General

11.0101

$68,2004%96%

1 yr $103,078

2 yr $100,127

Master's · CIP 11.01

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI · Public

Computer and Information Sciences, General

11.0101

$17,70018%93%

1 yr $101,903

2 yr $94,281

Bachelor's · CIP 11.01

Georgetown University

Washington, DC · Private nonprofit

Computer Science

11.0701

$65,40012%95%

1 yr $93,342

2 yr $88,639

Bachelor's · CIP 11.07

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Atlanta, GA · Public

Computer and Information Sciences, General

11.0101

$11,80017%91%

1 yr $88,731

2 yr $91,152

Bachelor's · CIP 11.01

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX · Public

Computer and Information Sciences, General

11.0101

$11,70031%88%

1 yr $87,663

2 yr $79,558

Bachelor's · CIP 11.01

The University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson, TX · Public

Computer and Information Sciences, General

11.0101

$14,60065%73%

1 yr $86,867

2 yr —

Master's · CIP 11.01

University of St Thomas

St. Paul, MN · Private nonprofit

Computer and Information Sciences, General

11.0101

$50,20077%82%

1 yr $84,021

2 yr $88,527

Master's · CIP 11.01

New York University

New York, NY · Private nonprofit

Computer and Information Sciences, General

11.0101

$60,40012%88%

1 yr $81,158

2 yr $79,957

Bachelor's · CIP 11.01

Texas A & M University-College Station

College Station, TX · Public

Computer and Information Sciences, General

11.0101

$13,20063%83%

1 yr $78,244

2 yr $77,024

Bachelor's · CIP 11.01