Career Explorer Business and finance
Grows with AI
Accountants and auditors
Examine, analyze, and interpret accounting records to prepare financial statements, give advice, or audit and evaluate statements prepared by others. Install or advise on systems of recording costs or other financial and budgetary data.
Among the careers AI is changing fastest: more resilient than 14% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is very high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it very high), and US jobs are projected to change by +5.0% by 2035, faster than average.
AI can help with many of the tasks, and demand is still growing. Being fluent with AI is the edge here.
- Median pay (2025)
- $83,680
- Job growth to 2035
- +5.0%
- Openings a year
- 115,000
- People doing it (2025)
- 1.6 million
- Usual route in
- Bachelor's degree
Where people already use AI for this work
- Advise others on financial matters
- Communicate with others about operational plans or activities
- Evaluate the quality or accuracy of data
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Examine financial activities, operations, or systems
- Prepare financial documents, reports, or budgets
- Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures
What the work looks like
- Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
- Process invoices for payment.
- Review accounts for discrepancies and reconcile differences.
- Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting, or other tax requirements.
- Prepare adjusting journal entries.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialistsGrows with AI, Index 27, +6.0%
- Financial examinersGrows with AI, Index 30, +9.3%
- Compliance officersGrows with AI, Index 21, +3.8%
- Buyers and purchasing agentsGrows with AI, Index 41, +6.0%
Also known as: Accountant, Auditor, CPA (Certified Public Accountant), Internal Auditor, Accounting Officer, Audit Partner, Cost Accountant, Financial Auditor.
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.