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title: "Will AI Replace Financial and Investment Analysts?"
description: "BLS rates financial and investment analysts' exposure to AI as very high. What that means, which parts of the work AI touches, and the 2025–2035 outlook…"
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# Will AI Replace Financial and Investment Analysts? (2026)

**Short answer:** AI will reshape this job more than most, but BLS does not forecast it disappearing. The exposure is among the highest BLS measured, yet it still projects employment to grow faster than average.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics places financial and investment analysts in its very high AI exposure category, among the occupations most exposed to current AI. BLS projects employment to change by +7.2% over 2025–2035, against 3.5% for all occupations, with about 24,700 openings a year.

| Measure | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| BLS relative AI exposure | Very high | BLS Employment Projections, AI exposure categories |
| NueCareer AI-resilience score | Not scored | NueCareer analysis of O\*NET 31.0 Database |
| Projected employment change | +7.2% | BLS EP 2025–2035 |
| Openings a year | 24,700 | BLS EP 2025–2035 |
| Median annual wage | $102,740 | BLS OEWS May 2025 |

## Exposure categories

| BLS category | Occupations |
| --- | --- |
| Low | 203 |
| Moderate | 194 |
| High | 190 |
| Very high (this job) | 199 |

Exposure means AI could be or has been used to assist with or complete some of the work. BLS says it does not imply job loss, productivity gains, automation probability or wage effects. Method: https://www.bls.gov/emp/publications/ai-exposure-categories.htm

## What holds up

None rated clearly above the midpoint.

## What AI reaches first

None rated clearly above the midpoint.

## O\*NET tasks

- Advise clients on aspects of capitalization, such as amounts, sources, or timing.
- Analyze financial or operational performance of companies facing financial difficulties to identify or recommend remedies.
- Assess companies as investments for clients by examining company facilities.
- Collaborate on projects with other professionals, such as lawyers, accountants, or public relations experts.
- Collaborate with investment bankers to attract new corporate clients.
- Conduct financial analyses related to investments in green construction or green retrofitting projects.

## Related careers less exposed to AI than financial and investment analysts

- [Labor Relations Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/labor-relations-specialist): BLS exposure High, median $95,420

## FAQ

**Will AI replace financial and investment analysts?**

AI will reshape this job more than most, but BLS does not forecast it disappearing. The exposure is among the highest BLS measured, yet it still projects employment to grow faster than average. BLS defines exposure as AI being able to assist with or complete some of the work, and says it does not imply job loss, productivity gains or wage effects. BLS projects employment to change by +7.2% over 2025–2035, against 3.5% for all occupations, with about 24,700 openings a year.

**How exposed are financial and investment analysts to AI?**

BLS sorts 786 occupations into four relative categories: low, moderate, high and very high. Financial and Investment Analysts are in the very high category, alongside 198 other occupations. The categories combine five public measures of where AI could be or already is used, and they compare occupations with each other rather than giving an absolute risk.

**What careers similar to financial and investment analysts are less exposed to AI?**

Labor Relations Specialist (high exposure, $95,420 median). Each is in a lower BLS exposure category than financial and investment analysts, and most are listed by O\*NET as related to the work.

Full profile: https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-and-investment-analyst.

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology