Computer and Mathematical · Holland code CIE

Document Management Specialists

Implement and administer enterprise-wide document management systems and related procedures that allow organizations to capture, store, retrieve, share, and destroy electronic records and documents.

Also called: Document Control Manager, ECM Consultant (Enterprise Content Management Consultant), Electronic Content Manager, Records Manager, Business Records Manager, Certified Document Imaging Architect, Document Management Consultant, Record Systems Analyst.

O*NET 15-1299.03

At a glance

US median annual pay: $116,580; Middle half earn $79,370 to $157,500. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
Most common education: Bachelor's Degree; 60% of workers surveyed by O*NET report this level.
Preparation needed: Job Zone 4 of 5; Considerable preparation. Zone 1 is little or none; zone 5 is graduate-level.

What the work involves

The tasks workers in this occupation rate as most important, from the O*NET survey.

Assist in determining document management policies to facilitate efficient, legal, and secure access to electronic content.
Assist in the development of document or content classification taxonomies to facilitate information capture, search, and retrieval.
Implement electronic document processing, retrieval, and distribution systems in collaboration with other information technology specialists.
Identify and classify documents or other electronic content according to characteristics such as security level, function, and metadata.
Develop, document, or maintain standards, best practices, or system usage procedures.
Assist in the assessment, acquisition, or deployment of new electronic document management systems.
Administer document and system access rights and revision control to ensure security of system and integrity of master documents.
Prepare and record changes to official documents and confirm changes with legal and compliance management staff, including enterprise-wide records management staff.

Skills and knowledge it leans on

Skills

Reading Comprehension3.9 / 5
Active Listening3.8 / 5
Writing3.8 / 5
Critical Thinking3.8 / 5
Monitoring3.6 / 5
Active Learning3.3 / 5

Knowledge areas

English Language3.9 / 5
Administration and Management3.9 / 5
Computers and Electronics3.8 / 5
Customer and Personal Service3.5 / 5
Administrative3.5 / 5
Law and Government3.5 / 5

Importance ratings on O*NET’s 1 to 5 scale. Higher means the occupation depends on it more.

Who tends to enjoy it

How strongly this occupation draws on each of the six Holland interest types, which is the same profile the career interests test compares you against.

Realistic13
Investigative48
Artistic14
Social22
Enterprising32
Conventional96

The same work abroad

Other countries classify jobs differently, so these are the closest matches through the international ISCO-08 standard, not exact equivalents.

European occupation titles (ESCO)

ICT information and knowledge manager · DE Informations- und Wissensmanager/Informations- und Wissensmanagerin (IKT) · FR responsable des connaissances et de l'information informatique
ICT documentation manager · DE Dokumentationsmanager/Dokumentationsmanagerin · FR responsable de la documentation informatique
archivist · DE Archivar/Archivarin · FR archiviste
exhibition registrar · DE Museumsregistrar/Museumsregistrarin · FR régisseur des collections/régisseuse des collections
information manager · DE Informationsmanager/Informationsmanagerin · FR gestionnaire d’information
technical communicator · DE Technischer Redakteur/Technische Redakteurin · FR rédacteur de documentation technique/rédactrice de documentation technique

Closest UK occupation groups (SOC 2020)

Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services (1163)8,000 employed
Librarians (2471)30,700 employed
Information technology directors (1137)197,000 employed

Employment is the UK Annual Population Survey for April 2025 to March 2026, all workers in the group, which can be broader than this one occupation.

Pay across Europe, for the whole group

Median annual earnings of all employees in “Professionals”. This is the broad ISCO group this occupation falls in, not the occupation itself, so treat it as context for the wage level, not as a salary for this job.

Median annual earnings, Professionals, by country
Country	Median pay
Belgium	€61,714
Germany	€59,529
Ireland	€56,877
Austria	€55,374
Netherlands	€53,595
Sweden	€43,567
France	€41,515
Spain	€35,735
Italy	€33,649
Portugal	€26,072
Poland	€14,380

Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey, businesses with ten or more employees outside public administration, in euro and not adjusted for the cost of living. Reference years differ between sources: the US, Japan and Europe figures on this page come from different survey years, so compare them as rough levels, not to the euro or yen.

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