Industry group, 5230
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities
1,099,930 people work in this industry in the US, at mean pay of $148,700 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. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.
a year: 1.3 billion hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 74%
- 23%
- 3%
of the paid hours are within reach now in tasks people already bring to Claude. Another 34% is within reach in tasks not yet seen there.
Across the US: 30% within reach now and 36% by the end of 2028, on the long-run pace at four in five. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.
Share of the paid hours within reach, now to 2030
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What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
What handing the work over would take
For the 1,054,590 people in jobs so far, 96% of the industry's people; the others are in the totals above and join this split as the review reaches their jobs. Shares of their working time within reach now, at the pace and reliability chosen above. Estimates. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.
about 986 million hours a year. The material can be handed to a model and the result handed back.
about 285 million hours a year. The model has to be connected to the system the work lives in.
about 368 million hours a year. Short enough by length. This site leaves conversation with people, so it is not in the totals.
What their work is made of
- 59%
- 14%
- 19%
- 5%
- 3%
Each task's time split among five kinds of doing, judged one task at a time; only documents and systems can count as within reach.
What changes for the people
For the 1,054,590 people in jobs reviewed task by task so far, by the end of 2028 on the long-run pace at four in five: the shares of their working time, from each job page's own map, weighted by how many people here do that job. It says which parts of the work change, never whether anyone keeps a job. Estimates.
Conversation, in-person and hands-on work.
Desk work within reach in tasks where a mistake costs something or a licensed person signs.
Desk work within reach that is small if wrong, with lighter checks.
What most people here would learn first
How many of them have each skill among the first two things to learn on their job's page. Every state, and the US
- Reviewing work you did not do yourself980,140 (93%)
- Briefing a model and checking its drafts715,592 (68%)
- Signing off under your license192,920 (18%)
- Running AI inside the business systems123,030 (12%)
- The hands-on craft37,670 (4%)
- The conversations28,173 (3%)
- Judgment where errors are severe25,365 (2%)
- Dealing with people outside the organization4,090 (under 1%)
- Handling protected records1,160 (under 1%)
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, 28%. Today's estimate: 58%.
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.
Robots and the physical work
Anthropic rates 4% of the working time of the people in this industry as physical work. For 3% of the working time, a robot has been shown doing most of the task somewhere: 3% in a purpose-built cell, 1% in a structured facility. 0.04 of 3.
- Not physical 96%
- In a purpose-built cell 3%
- In a structured facility 1%
Anthropic's rating, not this site's estimate: Claude Opus 5, searching the web, rated each physical O*NET task by the kind of setting in which a robot it could cite (deployed, sold or demonstrated) does most of the task, weighted by its own estimate of each task's share of the time (What work can robots do?, September 30, 2026, data CC BY 4.0; every job ranked). A robot shown somewhere is not a robot in your building: cost, setup and safety decide that. The share within reach on this page still counts no body work. Weighted by the people in each occupation; each job's page names the robot behind each rated task.
Where the hours are
Jobs by hours within reach now. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index. The 40 largest jobs hold 93% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Financial Advisors | 192,160 | 71% | 284 million | $121K |
| Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents | 173,040 | 69% | 247 million | $103K |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | 89,390 | 53% | 99 million | $124K |
| Financial Managers | 70,400 | 52% | 76 million | $224K |
| Customer Service Representatives | 33,420 | 64% | 45 million | $60K |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 32,770 | 64% | 44 million | $80K |
| Office Clerks, General | 33,960 | 56% | 40 million | $48K |
| General and Operations Managers | 39,880 | 45% | 37 million | $199K |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 29,420 | 59% | 36 million | $52K |
| Software Developers | 34,940 | 48% | 35 million | $163K |
| Brokerage Clerks | 24,380 | 67% | 34 million | $70K |
| Accountants and Auditors | 30,000 | 45% | 28 million | $105K |
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. 97 smaller jobs (73,230 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 99% 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.
- Analyze financial information obtained from clients to determine strategies for meeting clients' financial objectives.Personal Financial Advisors76 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Manage client portfolios, keeping client plans up-to-date.Personal Financial Advisors58 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Develop financial plans, based on analysis of clients' financial status.Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents41 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Devise trading, option, or hedge strategies.Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents41 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Review clients' accounts and plans regularly to determine whether life changes, economic changes, environmental concerns, or financial performance indicate a need for plan reassessment.Personal Financial Advisors35 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Track and analyze factors that affect price movement, such as trade policies, weather conditions, political developments, or supply and demand changes.Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents29 million hours100% of the task within reach
- 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 Managers28 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Identify opportunities or develop channels for purchase or sale of securities or commodities.Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents28 million hours60% of the task within reach
- Determine customers' financial services needs and prepare proposals to sell services that address these needs.Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents25 million hours60% of the task within reach
- Monitor markets or positions.Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents25 million hours100% 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. Or choose the whole industry: every occupation BLS publishes for it with task data, at its nationwide headcount, the sector report ($249 for the full report, or included in Pro).
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
Questions about this industry
- How much of the work in Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities is within reach of AI now?
- An estimated 58% of the paid hours in Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities are within reach of AI models now and 73% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five (71% to 74% across the three paces the site shows). Within reach means a model could finish work that long at that reliability. It is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.
- Which jobs in Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities carry the most hours within reach?
- By hours within reach now (projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index): Personal Financial Advisors (192,160 people, 71% of their time, about 284 million hours a year); Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents (173,040 people, 69% of their time, about 247 million hours a year); and Financial and Investment Analysts (89,390 people, 53% of their time, about 99 million hours a year).
- Which tasks in Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities carry the most hours within reach by the end of 2028?
- Analyze financial information obtained from clients to determine strategies for meeting clients' financial objectives (Personal Financial Advisors, about 76 million hours a year); Manage client portfolios, keeping client plans up-to-date (Personal Financial Advisors, about 58 million hours a year); and Develop financial plans, based on analysis of clients' financial status (Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents, about 41 million hours a year).
- What would people working in Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities learn first?
- Among the 1,054,590 people in jobs reviewed task by task, the skills most often among the first two things to learn on their job's page are reviewing work you did not do yourself (980,140 people); briefing a model and checking its drafts (715,592 people); and signing off under your license (192,920 people). By the end of 2028 on the long-run pace at four in five, about 26% of their working time stays with people, 66% becomes checking a model's work and 7% can be handed over with lighter checks. It says which parts of the work change, never whether anyone keeps a job.
- How is this estimated?
- BLS counts the people in each occupation in Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities (May 2025); each occupation's share of working time within reach comes from its O*NET tasks, each with an estimated length checked against GDPval, and METR's measurements of how long a task the best AI models can finish, carried forward to the date from the latest, Claude Mythos Preview (early) in April 2026. The industry's share is those shares weighted by people. Task data covers 99% of its people, and 96% are in occupations reviewed task by task. Data checked November 10, 2026.
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