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.
AI and jobs
Will AI Replace Securities? (2026)
The Bureau of Labor Statistics places securities in its very high AI exposure category, among the occupations most exposed to current AI. BLS projects employment to change by +1.4% over 2025–2035, against 3.5% for all occupations, with about 35,100 openings a year.
- BLS AI exposure
- Very highBLS EP supplemental table
- AI-resilience score
- 19/100Higher than 10% of jobs · NueCareer
- Projected change
- +1.4%BLS EP 2025–2035; all jobs 3.5%
- Openings a year
- 35,100BLS EP 2025–2035
The federal measure
How exposed securities are to AI
The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a relative AI exposure category for each occupation it projects, built from five public measures of where AI could be, or already is, used to assist with or complete the work. Securities land in the very high category: among the occupations most exposed to current AI.
Where this job sits on the BLS scale
786 occupations in the NueCareer bank, in BLS's four relative categories; width shows how many fall in each
- Low203 occupations · 26%
- Moderate194 occupations · 25%
- High190 occupations · 24%
- Very high · this job199 occupations · 25%
Source: BLS Employment Projections, AI exposure categories supplemental table.
- Exposure is relative. The categories rank occupations against each other; they are not a probability that a job is automated.
- BLS says exposure does not imply job loss, productivity gains, automation probability or wage effects. A highly exposed job can still grow if AI makes the people in it more productive.
- The classification reflects AI capabilities as the underlying studies measured them. Read the BLS method and limitations.
Inside the work
What AI can and cannot do in this job
O*NET rates how important each work activity is to an occupation and how often each working condition comes up. The ratings below are the ones that move the job's NueCareer AI-resilience score the most: the ones that pull it up, and the ones that pull it down. Only ratings clearly above the midpoint count.
What holds up
Physical, hands-on and person-to-person work
- Face-to-face discussions4.7/5O*NET work context, frequency or level
- Establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships4.2/5O*NET work activity, importance
- Dealing with the public4.3/5O*NET work context, frequency or level
- Performing for or working directly with the public3.5/5O*NET work activity, importance
What AI reaches first
Routine, repeatable and screen-based work
- Processing information4.1/5O*NET work activity, importance
- Working with computers4.4/5O*NET work activity, importance
- Email5.0/5O*NET work context, frequency or level
- Getting information4.3/5O*NET work activity, importance
The tasks O*NET lists for securities
- Monitor markets or positions.
- Determine customers' financial services needs and prepare proposals to sell services that address these needs.
- Contact prospective customers to present information and explain available services.
- Discuss financial options with clients and keep them informed about transactions.
- Interview clients to determine clients' assets, liabilities, cash flow, insurance coverage, tax status, or financial objectives.
- Report all positions or trading results.
O*NET 31.0 Database task statements, most important first.
The jobs
Will there still be jobs?
Exposure says where AI meets the work. The BLS projection says what the labor market is expected to do over 2025–2035. BLS projects +1.4% change in employment over the decade, against 3.5% across all occupations, and about 35,100 openings a year once retirements and career changes are counted. About 489,570 people work in the job today, at a median of $78,660 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
Options
Related careers less exposed to AI than securities
Careers O*NET lists as related to the work, or in the same field at similar pay, that BLS places in a lower exposure category.
New Accounts Clerk
Office and Administrative Support
- Median pay
- $47,670median a year
- Growth
- −6.5%
- Openings / yr
- 2,300
- Education
- High school
- High
- BLS AI exposure
- 35/100
- resilience
Interview persons desiring to open accounts in financial institutions.
Questions
Will AI Replace Securities? FAQ
Will AI replace securities?
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. 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 +1.4% over 2025–2035, against 3.5% for all occupations, with about 35,100 openings a year.
How exposed are securities to AI?
BLS sorts 786 occupations into four relative categories: low, moderate, high and very high. Securities 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 parts of a security, commodity, and financial services sales agent's job can AI do?
In O*NET's description of the work, the parts that overlap most with what AI handles well are processing information, working with computers and email. The parts that hold up best are face-to-face discussions, establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships and dealing with the public. These come from O*NET ratings of how important each activity is to the job, read through NueCareer's AI-resilience method.
Is being a security, commodity, and financial services sales agent a safe career from AI?
On NueCareer's AI-resilience score, built from O*NET work activities, securities score 19 out of 100, higher than 10% of the occupations we score. The job pays a median of $78,660 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025). No job is fully safe from technological change, but the federal exposure category and the projected openings are the two numbers worth weighing.
What careers similar to securities are less exposed to AI?
New Accounts Clerk (high exposure, $47,670 median). Each is in a lower BLS exposure category than securities, and most are listed by O*NET as related to the work.
The AI exposure category is the Bureau of Labor Statistics'. The AI-resilience score and the activity breakdown are NueCareer's analysis of O*NET 31.0 Database data (method), not a federal figure. More: jobs most exposed to AI, jobs least exposed to AI, or check any job.