Financial and Investment Analysts
Machines can already do 63% of this job's tasks. By 2035 that rises to 83%. Most of the work is changing now.
Share of the work machines can do
Worldwide baseline, 2026 to 2050
Financial and Investment Analysts in 2026: the short answer
- Today: machines can do 63% of this job's tasks, and AI use is already seen in 57% of them.
- Forecast: machines can already do half of its tasks, and 83% by 2035, according to the 311 Strategic Intelligence Unit.
- Size: 361,980 people do this job in the United States, on a median pay of $102,740 a year.
- Also called: Analyst, Credit Products Officer, Equity Research Analyst, Financial Analyst.
Updated by the 311 Strategic Intelligence Unit. These are worldwide baseline figures; the Workforce Starburst shows them for your country. Go deeper: How ready am I? or an executive briefing.
How the work changes, task by task
The tasks that take up most of the day, with the share of each that machines can do in 2026 (dark) and 2035 (pink). Worldwide baseline.
| Task | Share of the day | Machines can do | 2026 to 2035 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employ financial models to develop solutions to financial problems or to assess the financial or capital impact of transactions | 12% | 78% to 97% | |
| Inform investment decisions by analyzing financial information to forecast business, industry, or economic conditions | 8% | 83% to 97% | |
| Monitor fundamental economic, industrial, and corporate developments by analyzing information from financial publications and services, investment banking firms, government agencies, trade publications, company sources, or personal interviews | 7% | 84% to 97% | |
| Perform securities valuation or pricing | 7% | 25% to 55% | |
| Evaluate and compare the relative quality of various securities in a given industry | 6% | 85% to 97% | |
| Interpret data on price, yield, stability, future investment-risk trends, economic influences, and other factors affecting investment programs | 6% | 83% to 97% | |
| Present oral or written reports on general economic trends, individual corporations, and entire industries | 6% | 80% to 97% | |
| Create client presentations of plan details | 5% | 74% to 94% |
The skills this job runs on
The skills financial and investment analysts use most, most used first.
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When will machines do half of the tasks of Financial and Investment Analysts?
Machines can already do half of its tasks. That is the worldwide baseline from the 311 Workforce Starburst, before adjusting for country.
Will AI take the job of financial and investment analysts?
Machines can do 63% of the tasks of financial and investment analysts today and 83% by 2035. Most of the routine work moves to machines, and the people in the job move to oversight, judgement and client work.
Sources and citing
Tasks and their share of the day: O*NET 31.0, occupation 13-2051.00 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0). Pay and jobs: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. AI use today: Anthropic Economic Index (CC BY). Scoring and forecast: the 311 Strategic Intelligence Unit; after 2035 the figures extend each trend, with lower confidence. Foresight, not advice.
Cite as: 311 Institute (2026). Financial and Investment Analysts: the outlook to 2050. 311 Workforce Starburst. https://www.311institute.com/jobs/financial-and-investment-analysts/