Can AI Replace Financial and Investment Analysts in 2026?

High exposure. AI could handle about 74% of today's financial and investment analysts tasks by 2036, and there is a 62% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI is likely to take over many tasks outright.

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Timeline

Year2030

Tasks AI can do

36%

Headcount (2025 = 100)

Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs

20% 2030 · 62% 2036

One person could cover, 2036

2.8 roles

Share of today's tasks AI can perform

Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line)

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Lower-risk jobs that use similar skills

Sales Engineers51% risk by 2036 Marketing Managers50% risk by 2036 Chief Executives37% risk by 2036

Your plan

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Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Create client presentations of plan details".Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Evaluate and compare the relative quality of various securities in a given industry".Get visibly better at your human core: "Develop and maintain client relationships".Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output.Read about a lower-risk move: Sales Engineers.

Lower-risk jobs with similar tasks

Sales Engineers — 51% chance of contraction by 2036
Marketing Managers — 50% chance of contraction by 2036
Chief Executives — 37% chance of contraction by 2036

Similar occupations

Financial Risk Specialists · Personal Financial Advisors · Investment Fund Managers · Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents

Based on 26 O*NET tasks for "Financial and Investment Analysts" (SOC 13-2051.00). LLM alone: 0% of tasks; with AI tools: 92%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10