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Financial managers

Plan, direct, or coordinate accounting, investing, banking, insurance, securities, and other financial activities of a branch, office, or department of an establishment.

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AI Resistance Index 43 of 99

In the middle of the pack: more resilient than 43% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it very high), and US jobs are projected to change by +9.7% 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)
$166,570
Job growth to 2035
+9.7%
Openings a year
65,600
People doing it (2025)
880,000
Usual route in
Bachelor's degree
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Where people already use AI for this work

  • Advise others on business or operational matters
  • Implement procedures or processes
  • Analyze business or financial data

From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).

Work AI rarely helps with

  • Manage budgets or finances
  • Develop organizational policies, systems, or processes
  • Monitor financial data or activities

What the work looks like

  • Establish procedures for custody or control of assets, records, loan collateral, or securities to ensure safekeeping.
  • Establish and maintain relationships with individual or business customers or provide assistance with problems these customers may encounter.
  • Communicate with stockholders or other investors to provide information or to raise capital.
  • Oversee the flow of cash or financial instruments.
  • Develop or analyze information to assess the current or future financial status of firms.

From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.

What the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects

  • More of these jobs, as several economic trends, including a greater emphasis on risk management and increases in corporate cash holdings, will increase demand for financial managers.
  • More of these jobs, as several economic trends, including a greater emphasis on risk management and increases in demand for managing investments funds, will increase demand for financial managers.

Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook

Also known as: Banking Center Manager (BCM), Branch Manager, Credit Administration Manager, Financial Center Manager, Comptroller, Controller, Corporate Treasurer, Treasurer.

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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.