Career Explorer Business and finance
Grows with AI
Financial specialists, all other
All financial specialists not listed separately.
Among the careers AI is changing fastest: more resilient than 17% 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 +4.1% by 2035, faster than average. The work leans on creative vision and ethical judgement.
AI can help with many of the tasks, and demand is still growing. Being fluent with AI is the edge here.
- Median pay (2025)
- $81,100
- Job growth to 2035
- +4.1%
- Openings a year
- 9,400
- People doing it (2025)
- 138,000
- Usual route in
- Bachelor's degree
Where people already use AI for this work
- Develop operational or technical procedures or standards
- Investigate criminal or legal matters
- Analyze business or financial data
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Prepare legal or regulatory documents
- Record information about legal matters
- Interview people to obtain information
What the work looks like
- Document all investigative activities.
- Create and maintain logs, records, or databases of information about fraudulent activity.
- Prepare written reports of investigation findings.
- Interview witnesses or suspects and take statements.
- Gather financial documents related to investigations.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletesGrows with AI, Index 46, +9.7%
- Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineersGrows with AI, Index 34, +3.8%
- Project management specialistsGrows with AI, Index 40, +6.7%
- LogisticiansGrows with AI, Index 60, +17.6%
Also known as: Investment Strategist, Portfolio Manager, Quantitative Analyst, Quantitative Equity Analyst, Anti-Fraud Operations Analyst, Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Financial Crimes Investigator, Special Investigations Unit Investigator (SIU Investigator).
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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.