As of June 2026, Financial Managers has an AI-exposure score of 71/100 (High exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
Financial Managers
More exposed than 92% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$166,570. About 74,600 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
How you compare to similar Management roles
Your tasks, by AI exposure
- Establish procedures for custody or control of assets, records, loan collateral, or securities to ensure safekeeping.
- Communicate with stockholders or other investors to provide information or to raise capital.
- Oversee the flow of cash or financial instruments.
- Develop or analyze information to assess the current or future financial status of firms.
- Evaluate financial reporting systems, accounting or collection procedures, or investment activities and make recommendations for changes to procedures, operating systems, budgets, or other financial control functions.
- Prepare operational or risk reports for management analysis.
- Evaluate data pertaining to costs to plan budgets.
- Prepare financial or regulatory reports required by laws, regulations, or boards of directors.
- Examine, evaluate, or process loan applications.
- Review collection reports to determine the status of collections and the amounts of outstanding balances.
- Review reports of securities transactions or price lists to analyze market conditions.
- Plan, direct, or coordinate the activities of workers in branches, offices, or departments of establishments, such as branch banks, brokerage firms, risk and insurance departments, or credit departments.
- Approve, reject, or coordinate the approval or rejection of lines of credit or commercial, real estate, or personal loans.
- Oversee training programs.
- Recruit staff members.
- Establish and maintain relationships with individual or business customers or provide assistance with problems these customers may encounter.
- Network within communities to find and attract new business.
No augmentable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as automatable (100%).
No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as automatable (100%).
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Financial Managers — median pay by US state (BLS OEWS, USD)
Median annual wage, in USD. US national: US$166,570. More states are being added.