AI exposure Business and financial operations
Will AI replace budget analysts?
Budget Analysts. US occupation 13-2031.
The reading
6.7%
of the time budget analysts spend on their work goes on tasks where AI is already being used to do that work.of budget analysts' working hours go on tasks AI has already started taking off their plate.
Ranked 220 of 756 US occupations. More exposed than 70% of them.Further along than 70% of them.
Per cent of working time Square-law scale
Average US job 7.7%
Well above the typical job.Ahead of most of the workforce.
What AI already does for budget analystsWhat budget analysts no longer do alone
O*NET lists 13 tasks for budget analysts. AI use at work shows up in 1 of them. Each score runs from 0.5, where every observed use helps a person with the task, to 1, where every use does the task outright.
- Provide advice and technical assistance with cost analysis, fiscal allocation, and budget preparation.Core task mostly assisting 0.59
What it does not touch, yetWhat still needs a human
12 of the 13 tasks show no AI use at work in the data.
- Analyze monthly department budgeting and accounting reports to maintain expenditure controls.Core task
- Compile and analyze accounting records and other data to determine the financial resources required to implement a program.Core task
- Consult with managers to ensure that budget adjustments are made in accordance with program changes.Core task
- Direct the preparation of regular and special budget reports.Core task
- Examine budget estimates for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and regulations.Core task
- Interpret budget directives and establish policies for carrying out directives.Core task
Show the other 6
- Match appropriations for specific programs with appropriations for broader programs, including items for emergency funds.Core task
- Perform cost-benefit analyses to compare operating programs, review financial requests, or explore alternative financing methods.Core task
- Review operating budgets to analyze trends affecting budget needs.Core task
- Seek new ways to improve efficiency and increase profits.Core task
- Summarize budgets and submit recommendations for the approval or disapproval of funds requests.Core task
- Testify before examining and fund-granting authorities, clarifying and promoting the proposed budgets.
How that compares
Among the 29 business and financial operations occupations, budget analysts rank 20. The group averages 17.7%, and its most exposed job is Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists at 64.8%. The average US occupation sits at 7.7%.
Just above in the ranking
- 217Managers, All Other 6.9%
- 217Obstetricians and Gynecologists 6.9%
- 219Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians 6.8%
Just below
- 222Engineers, All Other 6.6%
- 222Medical and Health Services Managers 6.6%
- 222Occupational Therapy Aides 6.6%
What this does and does not mean
Exposure is observed use, not a forecast. Anthropic maps work conversations with Claude onto the tasks O*NET lists for each job and asks, of the tasks AI could speed up, which are actually being used for at work. A use that does the task outright counts in full and a use that assists a person counts half. The task scores are averaged into the occupation figure by the share of time spent on each task.
A high figure means AI is already part of how this work gets done. It does not mean anyone has been replaced. Anthropic's own reading of the labour market finds no systematic rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting exposed jobs.No measurable rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting these jobs. Gap years for everyone. Labor market impacts, 5 March 2026.
Task list and titles from O*NET 31.0 by the US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. Scores from the Anthropic Economic Index (CC BY). Checked 1 November 2026. How the ranking works.