Support Automation Specialist

Also called: Customer Service AI Specialist, Chatbot Administrator

Sets up and tunes the AI chatbots and automated workflows that answer customer questions.

A day in the life

You read 200 chatbot conversations, find where it gave a wrong refund answer, fix its instructions and decide which topics should always go to a human.

Pay over a career

Starting
$55k
Typical
$80k
High
$115k

New title; pay estimated from postings.

Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.

Training

Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 3 years after high school. Bachelor's or associate degree; often promoted from support agent.

Ways in: On-the-job training, 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: Under $15k.

Majors to look at: Information Systems, Communications.

Outlook

Growing much faster than average. Growing quickly as companies add AI to support.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

Medium risk for 10 years. This job builds the AI that replaces agents; demand is real now, but AI tools increasingly tune themselves.

Start now, in high school

Classes: AP Computer Science Principles, English Language Arts, Computer applications.

Official data: O*NET occupation 15-1299.

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