Career Explorer Business and finance
Grows with AI
Financial and investment analysts
Conduct quantitative analyses of information involving investment programs or financial data of public or private institutions, including valuation of businesses.
Changing faster than most: more resilient than 35% 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 +7.2% by 2035, faster than average. The work leans on ethical judgement and creative vision.
AI can help with many of the tasks, and demand is still growing. Being fluent with AI is the edge here.
- Median pay (2025)
- $102,740
- Job growth to 2035
- +7.2%
- Openings a year
- 24,700
- People doing it (2025)
- 377,000
- Usual route in
- Bachelor's degree
Where people already use AI for this work
- Analyze business or financial data
- Determine values or prices of goods or services
- Analyze market or industry conditions
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Evaluate condition of financial assets, property, or other resources
- Analyze business or financial risks
- Develop financial or business plans
What the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects
- More of these jobs, as corporations and investors increasingly seek to protect and grow their assets and investments via funds managed by financial and investments analysts.
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Financial risk specialistsGrows with AI, Index 38, +7.4%
- Air traffic controllersChanging shape, Index 52, +1.7%
- Financial managersGrows with AI, Index 43, +9.7%
- Chemical engineersGrows with AI, Index 54, +4.7%
Also known as: Analyst, Financial Analyst, Investment Analyst, Securities Analyst, Credit Products Officer, Equity Research Analyst, Planning Analyst, Portfolio Manager.
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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.