Can AI Replace Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes in 2026?

Moderate exposure. AI could handle about 76% of today's agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes tasks by 2036, and there is a 48% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI is likely to take over many tasks outright.

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Timeline

Year2030

Tasks AI can do

40%

Headcount (2025 = 100)

Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs

17% 2030 · 48% 2036

One person could cover, 2036

2.4 roles

Share of today's tasks AI can perform

Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line)

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Lower-risk jobs that use similar skills

Coaches and Scouts22% risk by 2036 Chief Executives37% risk by 2036 Funeral Home Managers31% risk by 2036

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Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Collect fees, commissions, or other payments, according to contract terms".Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Keep informed of industry trends and deals".Get visibly better at your human core: "Conduct auditions or interviews to evaluate potential clients".Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output.Read about a lower-risk move: Coaches and Scouts.

Lower-risk jobs with similar tasks

Coaches and Scouts — 22% chance of contraction by 2036
Chief Executives — 37% chance of contraction by 2036
Funeral Home Managers — 31% chance of contraction by 2036

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Based on 14 O*NET tasks for "Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes" (SOC 13-1011.00). LLM alone: 17% of tasks; with AI tools: 91%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10