Can AI Replace Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents in 2026?

High exposure. AI could handle about 83% of today's securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents tasks by 2036, and there is a 72% 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

45%

Headcount (2025 = 100)

Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs

23% 2030 · 72% 2036

One person could cover, 2036

4.9 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

Financial and Investment Analysts62% risk by 2036 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel61% risk by 2036 Financial Quantitative Analysts55% risk by 2036

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Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Keep accurate records of transactions".Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Make bids or offers to buy or sell securities".Take on work where you sign off, decide or carry responsibility: that part stays human.Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output.Read about a lower-risk move: Financial and Investment Analysts.

Lower-risk jobs with similar tasks

Financial and Investment Analysts — 62% chance of contraction by 2036
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel — 61% chance of contraction by 2036
Financial Quantitative Analysts — 55% chance of contraction by 2036

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Based on 30 O*NET tasks for "Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents" (SOC 41-3031.00). LLM alone: 21% of tasks; with AI tools: 100%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10