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).
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Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
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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%.
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 .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 weeks | 1%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 days | 25%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 days | 8%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 days | 9%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 days | 8%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 h | 43%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 days | 35%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 day | 40%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 days | 29%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 h | 69%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 days | 8%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 h | 69%Half by now |
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