What this occupation does
Financial analysts conduct quantitative analyses of information involving investment programs or financial data of public or private institutions. The role spans financial modelling, valuation, market research, investment recommendations, and reporting to portfolio managers and clients.
The exposure score in context
The ILO 2025 refined Generative AI Occupational Exposure Index places financial analysts in the high exposure gradient. ILO 2025 places financial analysts in the high exposure gradient. Modelling, data aggregation, and standard-form reporting are technically and contextually feasible for current generative AI; investment judgement and client communication remain human-led.
The mapping uses ISCO-08 code 2413 (BLS-published SOC-to-ISCO crosswalk). The full methodology, including the dominant-match rule for one-to-many crosswalks, is at /methodology/#algorithm.
The top five tasks, classified
The top five O*NET 30.2 tasks for this occupation, each tagged Displaceable / Changing / Growing per the Brookings 2024 task-level rubric. The tag definitions are at /glossary/#displaceable-task, /glossary/#changing-task, and /glossary/#growing-task.
- Displaceable: Draw charts and graphs, using computer spreadsheets, to illustrate technical reports. Routine charting is technically and contextually feasible for current generative AI.
- Changing: Analyse financial information to produce forecasts of business, industry, and economic conditions. AI accelerates forecasting workflows; final macro and industry judgement remains human.
- Changing: Evaluate and compare the relative quality of various securities in a given industry. AI compares securities quickly; relative-quality judgement and accountability remain analyst-led.
- Growing: Prepare plans of action for investment, using financial analyses. Investment-action planning is augmentation-prone and grows as AI handles more of the data assembly.
- Growing: Interpret data on price, yield, stability, future investment-risk trends, economic influences, and other factors affecting investment programs. Interpretation is judgement-heavy and grows in importance as candidate-data volume rises.
What is growing in this role
The BLS Employment Projections 2024-2034 outlook for financial analysts is faster than average (+9% projected change, +35k jobs). Source: BLS Employment Projections 2024-2034.
Per the WEF Future of Jobs Report 2025, the top three growing skills relevant to this role are: AI and big data, Analytical thinking, Technological literacy. The skills are mapped to the occupation's O*NET skills profile.
Brookings 2024 finds financial analysis among the most-exposed knowledge work; investment judgement and client work are augmentation-prone.
Similar occupations
O*NET 30.2 lists the following related roles. Each links to its own deep dive where one is published.
- Accountants and Auditors
- Data Scientists
- Insurance Underwriters
- Marketing Managers
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Industry context
This role sits primarily in the Finance industry. The industry-level rollup includes the cross-occupation exposure profile and the BLS-published industry-level outlook.
How this assessment was made
The full methodology is at /methodology/: ILO 2025 refined index for the gradient, Brookings 2024 rubric for the task tags, BLS 2024-2034 for the growth outlook, WEF 2025 for the skills demand. The pre-empted critiques are at /how-to-argue-with-this/.