Accountants and Auditors
Examine, analyze, and interpret accounting records to prepare financial statements, give advice, or audit and evaluate statements prepared by others. Install or advise on systems of recording costs or other financial and budgetary data.
1,449,500 people do this job in the US. $83,680 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 82%
- 5%
- 13%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 5%. Today's estimate: 9%.
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.
The tasks
Sorted by . 30 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.Done more than monthly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 13% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 9%Half by Aug 2027 | |
| Develop, implement, modify, and document recordkeeping and accounting systems, making use of current computer technology.Done more than yearly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 13% | 4.2 work days6.7 h to 3.3 work weeks | 0%Half by Apr 2029 | |
| Review taxpayer accounts, and conduct audits on-site, by correspondence, or by summoning taxpayer to office.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 12% | 1.7 work days3.3 h to 1 work week | Stays with people | |
| Prepare detailed reports on audit findings.Done more than monthly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 8% | 1 work day3.3 h to 2.5 work days | 5%Half by Jul 2027 | |
| Inspect account books and accounting systems for efficiency, effectiveness, and use of accepted accounting procedures to record transactions.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 7% | 6.7 h3.3 h to 3.3 work days | 9%Half by Jul 2027 | |
| Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting, or other tax requirements.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 6% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | 8%Half by Sep 2027 | |
| Evaluate taxpayer finances to determine tax liability, using knowledge of interest and discount rates, annuities, valuation of stocks and bonds, and amortization valuation of depletable assets.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 6% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | 8%Half by Sep 2027 | |
| Examine records and interview workers to ensure recording of transactions and compliance with laws and regulations.Done more than yearly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 6% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | 8%Half by Sep 2027 | |
| Examine and evaluate financial and information systems, recommending controls to ensure system reliability and data integrity.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 4% | 1.7 work days3.3 h to 1 work week | 2%Half by Apr 2028 | |
| Review data about material assets, net worth, liabilities, capital stock, surplus, income, or expenditures.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 4% | 3.3 h50 min to 1.3 work days | 25%Half by Mar 2027 | |
| Supervise auditing of establishments, and determine scope of investigation required.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 3% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 3.3 work days | Stays with people | |
| Prepare, analyze, or verify annual reports, financial statements, and other records, using accepted accounting and statistical procedures to assess financial condition and facilitate financial planning.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 3% | 1.7 work days5 h to 1.3 work weeks | 2%Half by Feb 2028 |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
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From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
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