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Business Intelligence Analysts

Produce financial and market intelligence by querying data repositories and generating periodic reports. Devise methods for identifying data patterns and trends in available information sources.

$120,230 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).

now
21%

of the working time. Estimate.

Kinds of work
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46%

Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.

Half the desk work within reach
June 2027

On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.

Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030

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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, 14%. Today's estimate: 21%.

0%10%20%30%2023202420252026GPT-4, March 2023: 0% within reachGPT-4 Turbo (Nov 2023), November 2023: 0% within reachGPT-4o, May 2024: 0% within reachClaude 3.5 Sonnet (June 2024), June 2024: 0% within reacho1-preview, September 2024: 0% within reachClaude 3.5 Sonnet (Oct 2024), October 2024: 0% within reacho1, December 2024: 0% within reachClaude 3.7 Sonnet, February 2025: 0% within reacho3, April 2025: 1% within reachGPT-5, August 2025: 1% within reachGemini 3 Pro, November 2025: 2% within reachClaude Opus 4.5, November 2025: 2% within reachGPT-5.2, December 2025: 3% within reachClaude Opus 4.6, February 2026: 3% within reachClaude Mythos Preview (early), April 2026: 14% within reachToday (estimate), September 2026: 21% within reach
Each step is a new best model measured by METR, four in five; the dashed end is today's estimate. Point at a dot for the model.

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 . 17 tasks from .

TaskKind
Create business intelligence tools or systems, including design of related databases, spreadsheets, or outputs.Done more than yearly by most who do it. AI observed on this task.18%2.1 work days3.3 h to 1.7 work weeks1%Half by Sep 2028
Generate standard or custom reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data for review by executives, managers, clients, and other stakeholders.Done more than weekly by most who do it. AI observed on this task.16%3.3 h50 min to 1.3 work days25%Half by Mar 2027
Synthesize current business intelligence or trend data to support recommendations for action.Done more than yearly by most who do it. AI observed on this task.15%6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days8%Half by Sep 2027
Identify and analyze industry or geographic trends with business strategy implications.Done more than yearly by most who do it. AI observed on this task.12%6.7 h2.5 h to 2.5 work days9%Half by Jul 2027
Analyze competitive market strategies through analysis of related product, market, or share trends.Done more than yearly by most who do it. AI observed on this task.7%6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days8%Half by Sep 2027
Maintain or update business intelligence tools, databases, dashboards, systems, or methods.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task.6%1.7 h25 min to 6.7 h43%Half by Nov 2026
Collect business intelligence data from available industry reports, public information, field reports, or purchased sources.Done more than monthly by most who do it. AI observed on this task.5%2.5 h50 min to 1.3 work days35%Half by Jan 2027
Conduct or coordinate tests to ensure that intelligence is consistent with defined needs.Done more than weekly by most who do it. 4%2.5 h50 min to 1 work day40%Half by Dec 2026
Identify or monitor current and potential customers, using business intelligence tools.Done more than weekly by most who do it. 4%2.5 h38 min to 1.3 work days29%Half by Mar 2027
Manage timely flow of business intelligence information to users.Done daily by most who do it. 3%50 min13 min to 3.3 h69%Half by now
Analyze technology trends to identify markets for future product development or to improve sales of existing products.Done more than yearly by most who do it. 2%6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days8%Half by Sep 2027
Provide technical support for existing reports, dashboards, or other tools.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task.2%50 min13 min to 3.3 h69%Half by now

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