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Budget Analysts
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AI performs some of this work. Most of it still needs a person. The BLS expects 1.9% more of these jobs by 2035, slower 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
- #151 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +1.9% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $91,640 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 50,400 in the US, with about 2,900 openings a year
The work, 9 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
AI helps with this: Analyze business or financial data33%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 719 conversations, and it got them there 72% of the time.
AI does this: Advise others on financial matters17%
AI performed this in about 1 in 676 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
Still yours: Prepare financial documents, reports, or budgets14%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Evaluate the quality or accuracy of data8%
AI performed this in about 1 in 683 Copilot conversations and completed it 82% of the time.
AI does this: Gather information from physical or electronic sources7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 28 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
AI does this: Communicate with others about business strategies7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,508 Copilot conversations and completed it 95% of the time.
Still yours: Develop organizational policies, systems, or processes6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Identify business or organizational opportunities5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,883 conversations, and it got them there 90% of the time.
Still yours: Present information in legal proceedings4%
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 102 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 2,900 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 43% of the workAccountants and Auditors33% AI does, against 38% here+5% by 2035 · $83,680 · Bachelor’s degree
- Shares 40% of the workCredit Analysts16% AI does, against 38% here-4.3% by 2035 · $83,510 · Bachelor’s degree
- Shares 29% of the workCredit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks22% AI does, against 38% here-7.4% by 2035 · $50,080 · High school diploma
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On the wire.
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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 0.23, higher than 76% 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, 13-2031 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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