Business Continuity Planners
Machines can already do 48% of this job's tasks. By 2035 that rises to 77%. The job changes before it disappears.
Share of the work machines can do
Worldwide baseline, 2026 to 2050
Business Continuity Planners in 2026: the short answer
- Today: machines can do 48% of this job's tasks, and AI use is already seen in 18% of them.
- Forecast: machines can do half of its tasks by 2027, and 77% by 2035, according to the 311 Strategic Intelligence Unit.
- Size: 1,087,090 people do this job in the United States, on a median pay of $83,050 a year.
- Contact with people: it scores 60% for contact with people.
- Also called: Business Continuity Administrator (Business Continuity Admin), Business Continuity Analyst, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Consultant, Business Continuity Consultant.
Updated by the 311 Strategic Intelligence Unit. These are worldwide baseline figures; the Workforce Starburst shows them for your country. Go deeper: How ready am I? or an executive briefing.
How the work changes, task by task
The tasks that take up most of the day, with the share of each that machines can do in 2026 (dark) and 2035 (pink). Worldwide baseline.
| Task | Share of the day | Machines can do | 2026 to 2035 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Develop emergency management plans for recovery decision making and communications, continuity of critical departmental processes, or temporary shut-down of non-critical departments to ensure continuity of operation and governance | 10% | 35% to 65% | |
| Test documented disaster recovery strategies and plans | 10% | 35% to 65% | |
| Analyze impact on, and risk to, essential business functions or information systems to identify acceptable recovery time periods and resource requirements | 10% | 60% to 90% | |
| Develop disaster recovery plans for physical locations with critical assets, such as data centres | 8% | 35% to 65% | |
| Review existing disaster recovery, crisis management, or business continuity plans | 8% | 35% to 65% | |
| Write reports to summarize testing activities, including descriptions of goals, planning, scheduling, execution, results, analysis, conclusions, and recommendations | 6% | 70% to 95% | |
| Conduct or oversee contingency plan integration and operation | 6% | 35% to 65% | |
| Identify opportunities for strategic improvement or mitigation of business interruption and other risks caused by business, regulatory, or industry-specific change initiatives | 5% | 45% to 85% |
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The skills business continuity planners use most, most used first.
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When will machines do half of the tasks of Business Continuity Planners?
Machines can do half of its tasks by 2027. That is the worldwide baseline from the 311 Workforce Starburst, before adjusting for country.
Will AI take the job of business continuity planners?
Machines can do 48% of the tasks of business continuity planners today and 77% by 2035. Most of the routine work moves to machines, and the people in the job move to oversight, judgement and client work.
Sources and citing
Tasks and their share of the day: O*NET 31.0, occupation 13-1199.04 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0). Pay and jobs: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. AI use today: Anthropic Economic Index (CC BY). Scoring and forecast: the 311 Strategic Intelligence Unit; after 2035 the figures extend each trend, with lower confidence. Foresight, not advice.
Cite as: 311 Institute (2026). Business Continuity Planners: the outlook to 2050. 311 Workforce Starburst. https://www.311institute.com/jobs/business-continuity-planners/