Financial Examiners
Machines can already do 43% of this job's tasks. By 2035 that rises to 73%. The job changes before it disappears.
Share of the work machines can do
Worldwide baseline, 2026 to 2050
Financial Examiners in 2026: the short answer
- Today: machines can do 43% of this job's tasks, and AI use is already seen in 4% of them.
- Forecast: machines can do half of its tasks by 2029, and 73% by 2035, according to the 311 Strategic Intelligence Unit.
- Size: 67,830 people do this job in the United States, on a median pay of $94,160 a year.
- Contact with people: it scores 75% for contact with people.
- Also called: Bank Examiner, Bank Secrecy Act Anti-Money Laundering Officer (BSA/AML Officer), Community Reinvestment Act Officer (CRA Officer), Compliance 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prepare reports, exhibits, and other supporting schedules that detail an institution's safety and soundness, compliance with laws and regulations, and recommended solutions to questionable financial conditions | 16% | 70% to 95% | |
| Review balance sheets, operating income and expense accounts, and loan documentation to confirm institution assets and liabilities | 15% | 40% to 80% | |
| Investigate activities of institutions to enforce laws and regulations and to ensure legality of transactions and operations or financial solvency | 14% | 50% to 85% | |
| Direct and participate in formal and informal meetings with bank directors, trustees, senior management, counsels, outside accountants, and consultants to gather information and discuss findings | 9% | 25% to 50% | |
| Recommend actions to ensure compliance with laws and regulations, or to protect solvency of institutions | 7% | 35% to 58% | |
| Resolve problems concerning the overall financial integrity of banking institutions including loan investment portfolios, capital, earnings, and specific or large troubled accounts | 7% | 25% to 50% | |
| Plan, supervise, and review work of assigned subordinates | 5% | 10% to 27% | |
| Review audit reports of internal and external auditors to monitor adequacy of scope of reports or to discover specific weaknesses in internal routines | 5% | 40% to 80% |
The skills this job runs on
The skills financial examiners use most, most used first.
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When will machines do half of the tasks of Financial Examiners?
Machines can do half of its tasks by 2029. That is the worldwide baseline from the 311 Workforce Starburst, before adjusting for country.
Will AI take the job of financial examiners?
Machines can do 43% of the tasks of financial examiners today and 73% by 2035. The job changes before it disappears: the routine tasks move first.
Sources and citing
Tasks and their share of the day: O*NET 31.0, occupation 13-2061.00 (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 Examiners: the outlook to 2050. 311 Workforce Starburst. https://www.311institute.com/jobs/financial-examiners/