SOC 13-2061
Financial Examiners
Risk Score
โ ๏ธ43/100
Elevated
US Employment
๐ฅ62,830
Total workers
Median Wage
๐ฐ$90K
$53K โ $172K
Projected Growth
๐+18.5%
2023-2033 (BLS)
GenAI Exposure
๐ค88/100
High exposure
๐ก Financial Examiners face a risk score of 43/100 โ 1 points below the national average of 44. With 88/100 GenAI exposure, this occupation faces significant pressure from AI tools despite strong projected growth. See our methodology โ
๐ก Workers in this field earn $90K ($44K above the national median). The 3 recommended career transitions all maintain competitive wages while reducing automation exposure. Explore transition paths โ
๐ AI Impact Analysis
With a risk score of 43/100, Financial Examiners faces moderate automation pressure. While tasks like robotic process automation for accounting workflows are increasingly handled by AI, the role retains significant human elements. The 62,830 workers in this occupation should focus on strengthening skills in navigating regulatory ambiguity and compliance judgment and crisis financial decision-making under uncertainty to stay ahead. The role will likely evolve rather than disappear.
Will AI Replace Financial Examiners?
Read our full analysis with verdict, risk factors, safe tasks, and career transition paths โ
โ ๏ธ Top Risk Factors
Robotic process automation for accounting workflows
AI credit scoring and underwriting models
Automated data interpretation and insight generation
AI coding assistants reducing developer demand
๐ก๏ธ Tasks Safe from Automation
Navigating regulatory ambiguity and compliance judgment
Crisis financial decision-making under uncertainty
Ethical judgment in fiduciary and advisory roles
Strategic advisory requiring deep client relationship knowledge
๐ Task Automation Breakdown
Based on O*NET task analysis and GenAI exposure scoring. Shows the estimated proportion of this occupation's core tasks that are automatable by current AI, augmented by AI tools, or require essential human skills.
๐ O*NET Task Profile
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.
Recommend actions to ensure compliance with laws and regulations, or to protect solvency of institutions.
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.
Resolve problems concerning the overall financial integrity of banking institutions including loan investment portfolios, capital, earnings, and specific or large troubled accounts.
Investigate activities of institutions to enforce laws and regulations and to ensure legality of transactions and operations or financial solvency.
๐ป Technology Skills
Financial analysis software
Compliance software
Project management software
Information retrieval or search software
Data base user interface and query software
๐ Key Knowledge Areas
English Language
Economics and Accounting
Law and Government
Mathematics
Administration and Management
๐ vs National Average
National avg: $46K
National avg: 44/100
National avg: 38/100
National avg: 3.7%
๐ Career Transition Paths
| Occupation | Risk | Wage | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advertising, Marketing, Promotions, Public Relations, and Sales Managers | 16 | $145K | 59% |
| Lawyers, Judges, and Related Workers | 17 | $144K | 57% |
| Architectural and Engineering Managers | 23 | $168K | 65% |