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Accountants and Auditors
Also filed here: Accountant, Chartered accountant, CA, Auditor, CPA, Tax consultant and 2 more
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AI performs some of this work. Most of it still needs a person. The BLS expects 5% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
Financial work often uses specialised, compliant AI tools that consumer Copilot data does not see, so this file probably understates how much AI touches it.
- Rank
- #204 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +5% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $83,680 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 1.6 million in the US, with about 115,300 openings a year
The work, 15 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
Still yours: Examine financial activities, operations, or systems23%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Prepare financial documents, reports, or budgets13%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Analyze business or financial data10%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 719 conversations, and it got them there 72% of the time.
AI helps with this: Evaluate the quality or accuracy of data9%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 426 conversations, and it got them there 84% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
AI does this: Advise others on financial matters9%
AI performed this in about 1 in 676 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
AI does this: Communicate with others about operational plans or activities7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 354 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
AI does this: Advise others on business or operational matters6%
AI performed this in about 1 in 290 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
AI helps with this: Investigate criminal or legal matters5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,075 conversations, and it got them there 83% of the time.
Still yours: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Communicate with others about business strategies4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,508 Copilot conversations and completed it 95% of the time.
AI does this: Develop operational or technical procedures or standards3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,089 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
Still yours: Evaluate condition of financial assets, property, or other resources2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Evaluate programs, practices, or processes2%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,764 Copilot conversations and completed it 93% of the time.
AI does this: Calculate financial data2%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,147 Copilot conversations and completed it 72% of the time.
Still yours: Coordinate regulatory compliance activities1%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 105 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 115,300 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
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deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.19, higher than 67% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Financial work often uses specialised, compliant AI tools that consumer Copilot data does not see, so this file probably understates how much AI touches it.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 13-2011 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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