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Accountants and Auditors vs Treasurers and Controllers

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Accountants and Auditors and Treasurers and Controllers on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Accountants and Auditors Treasurers and Controllers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$81,680
$161,700
Employment · BLS OEWS
1,448,290
818,620
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
66th pct
50th pct

At a glance

Dimension Accountants and Auditors Treasurers and Controllers
Median pay $81,680 $161,700
Employment 1,448,290 818,620
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+4.6%) Growing fast (+14.8%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 124,200 74,600
Typical education · O*NET Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 66th pct Moderate · 50th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 89th pct · 51% of tasks 80th pct · 43% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — Augmentation-leaning (56.2%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman Yes Yes

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Economics and Accounting, Oral Comprehension, English Language, Mathematics, Reading Comprehension, Written Comprehension, Oral Expression, Active Listening, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Written Expression, Problem Sensitivity, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Near Vision, Information Ordering, Administration and Management, Writing, Judgment and Decision Making, Monitoring, Complex Problem Solving, Mathematical Reasoning, Speech Recognition, Speech Clarity, Mathematics, Coordination, Category Flexibility, Number Facility, Active Learning, Social Perceptiveness, Time Management, Perceptual Speed, Negotiation.

Specific to Accountants and Auditors

  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Law and Government
  • Service Orientation
  • Administrative
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Persuasion
  • Flexibility of Closure

Specific to Treasurers and Controllers

  • Management of Financial Resources
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Systems Analysis
  • Fluency of Ideas
  • Originality
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Personnel and Human Resources

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Accounting software , Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Enterprise resource planning ERP software , Document management software , Business intelligence and data analysis software , Word processing software , Data base user interface and query software , Project management software , Customer relationship management CRM software .

Specific to Accountants and Auditors

Specific to Treasurers and Controllers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Accountants and Auditors or Treasurers and Controllers — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Accountants and Auditors vs Treasurers and Controllers." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/accountants-and-auditors-vs-treasurers-and-controllers

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Singulariki. (2026). Accountants and Auditors vs Treasurers and Controllers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/accountants-and-auditors-vs-treasurers-and-controllers

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