Industry group, 5259
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19,960 people work in this industry in the US, at mean pay of $130,780 a year (BLS, May 2025). What follows is how much of their working time the best AI models could finish, when, and in which jobs and tasks. Estimates.
of the paid hours. Estimate.
a year: 11 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 71%
- 20%
- 8%
of the paid hours are within reach now in tasks people already bring to Claude. Another 20% is within reach in tasks not yet seen there.
Across the US: 22% within reach now and 37% by the end of 2028, on the long-run pace at four in five.
Share of the paid hours within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this industry's paid hours were within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 1%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 24%. Today's estimate: 30%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
Where the hours are
Jobs by hours within reach now. The 33 largest jobs hold 95% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Financial Advisors | 1,220 | 66% | 1.7 million | $111K |
| Office Clerks, General | 1,020 | 54% | 1.2 million | $58K |
| General and Operations Managers | 2,130 | 23% | 1 million | $165K |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 550 | 78% | 887,745 | $53K |
| Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents | 700 | 59% | 853,219 | $104K |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 610 | 47% | 601,413 | $103K |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | 2,440 | 11% | 573,505 | $126K |
| Customer Service Representatives | 390 | 64% | 522,413 | $51K |
| Financial Managers | 1,460 | 15% | 455,524 | $216K |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 460 | 43% | 407,598 | $46K |
| Loan Officers | 210 | 77% | 335,463 | $111K |
| Accountants and Auditors | 1,690 | 9% | 326,918 | $96K |
People: BLS counts for this industry, May 2025. Pay here: the median paid for the job in this industry, else its mean, else the national median. 26 smaller jobs (840 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 90% of the industry's people; the rest are in BLS "all other" groups with no task list, or in counts BLS does not publish.
The tasks with the most hours within reach by the end of 2028
Across the whole industry, on the chosen pace and reliability.
- Evaluate financial reporting systems, accounting or collection procedures, or investment activities and make recommendations for changes to procedures, operating systems, budgets, or other financial control functions.Financial Managers556,269 hours94% of the task within reach
- Prepare all materials for transactions or execution of deals.Financial and Investment Analysts486,920 hours90% of the task within reach
- Analyze financial information obtained from clients to determine strategies for meeting clients' financial objectives.Personal Financial Advisors483,094 hours100% of the task within reach
- Develop or analyze information to assess the current or future financial status of firms.Financial Managers453,420 hours96% of the task within reach
- Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.Accountants and Auditors452,337 hours98% of the task within reach
- Analyze financial or operational performance of companies facing financial difficulties to identify or recommend remedies.Financial and Investment Analysts399,114 hours98% of the task within reach
- Conduct financial analyses related to investments in green construction or green retrofitting projects.Financial and Investment Analysts399,114 hours98% of the task within reach
- Prepare financial or regulatory reports required by laws, regulations, or boards of directors.Financial Managers388,112 hours96% of the task within reach
- Manage client portfolios, keeping client plans up-to-date.Personal Financial Advisors364,814 hours100% of the task within reach
- Evaluate capital needs of clients and assess market conditions to inform structuring of financial packages.Financial and Investment Analysts333,211 hours98% of the task within reach
Scan a typical company in this industry
The industry's largest jobs, in the proportions BLS counts across the whole industry, at the pay it pays, run through the company scan. A starting point before you have a roster, or a benchmark for the one you have.
Next to this industry
Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
How it is built: BLS counts the people in each job in this industry; each job's tasks and their lengths give its share within reach at a date; the industry's share is those shares weighted by people. Value is pay times 1.43 for benefits and payroll costs. Seen in Claude use splits today's share by whether Anthropic saw people bring each task to Claude in 2025; other AI tools are not counted. How it works