Market signal
Independent published positions, read together — not a forecast.
- About average employment outlook (+6.5% by 2034)
- 4,800 openings/yr
- High AI exposure
- Median pay $106,000/yr
Financial Risk Specialists
Occupation · SOC 13-2054.00
Analyze and measure exposure to credit and market risk threatening the assets, earning capacity, or economic state of an organization. May make recommendations to limit risk.
Also called: Analyst · Risk Analyst · Risk Specialist · Securities Analyst · Equity Research Analyst · Risk Manager · Bank and Savings Securities Trader · Bond Analyst · Business Risk Manager · Compliance Risk Manager · Corporate Securities Research Analyst · Credit Risk Analyst
Job family: Business and Financial Operations Occupations
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A fast read on where AI already shows up in this occupation, where it stays a copilot, where humans remain in the loop, and what the labor market is doing. Built from observed Claude.ai conversations mapped to O*NET tasks and from published research — measures of usage and exposure, not advice or predictions that the job is going away.
92nd-percentile task overlap — yet about 4,800 openings a year (+6.5% projected, BLS) . What exposure means →
AI & job outlook
What today's research says about this occupation's exposure to AI, how AI is actually being used in it, and where employment is headed. These are positions within published studies — measures of exposure and usage, not predictions that this job will disappear.
Exposure to current AI
Each study uses its own scale, so the raw scores are not comparable across rows — the percentile (this job's rank among all U.S. occupations with data) is the comparable figure, and sizes the bars.
| Measure | Rank vs all occupations | Percentile | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou) High | 95th | 1.0 | |
| AI assistant applicability (Microsoft) High | 78th | 0.2 |
OpenAI's exposure study scores tasks three ways: with a language model alone (α 0.1), with simple added tooling (β 0.5), and including AI-powered software (γ 1.0). Higher means more of the job's tasks could be done at least twice as fast — not that they will be automated away.
How AI is actually used in this job
Among measured AI assistant conversations mapped to this occupation (Anthropic Economic Index, 2026-01-15), these task types came up most. These are shares of observed AI conversations — not shares of the job, of worker time, or of what could be automated.
| Interpret data on price, yield, stability, future investment-risk trends, economic influences, and other factors affecting investment programs. | 7.7% | |
| Develop or implement risk-assessment models or methodologies. | 2.8% | |
| Draw charts and graphs, using computer spreadsheets, to illustrate technical reports. | 2.4% | |
| Recommend investments and investment timing to companies, investment firm staff, or the public. | 2.1% | |
| Prepare plans of action for investment, using financial analyses. | 1.9% | |
| Produce reports or presentations that outline findings, explain risk positions, or recommend changes. | 1.1% |
Job outlook
Independent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projection for 2024–2034 — a labor-market forecast, not an AI-impact forecast.
| Outlook | About average · +6.5% by 2034 |
| Projected annual openings | 4,800 |
| Employment 2024 → 2034 | 60,500 → 64,400 |
“Annual openings” counts new jobs plus replacements for workers who leave the occupation, so it can be large even when growth is modest.
Tasks
All 30 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, ordered by importance. Each links to its own page with AI-exposure and observed-use detail.
- Analyze areas of potential risk to the assets, earning capacity, or success of organizations.
- Analyze new legislation to determine impact on risk exposure.
- Conduct statistical analyses to quantify risk, using statistical analysis software or econometric models.
- Confer with traders to identify and communicate risks associated with specific trading strategies or positions.
- Consult financial literature to ensure use of the latest models or statistical techniques.
- Contribute to development of risk management systems.
- Determine potential environmental impacts of new products or processes on long-term growth and profitability.
- Develop contingency plans to deal with emergencies.
- Develop or implement risk-assessment models or methodologies.
- Devise scenario analyses reflecting possible severe market events.
- Devise systems or processes to monitor validity of risk assessments.
- Document, and ensure communication of, key risks.
- Draw charts and graphs, using computer spreadsheets, to illustrate technical reports.
- Evaluate and compare the relative quality of various securities in a given industry.
- Evaluate the risks and benefits involved in implementing green building technologies.
- Evaluate the risks related to green investments, such as renewable energy company stocks.
- Gather risk-related data from internal or external resources.
- Identify key risks and mitigating factors of potential investments, such as asset types and values, legal and ownership structures, professional reputations, customer bases, or industry segments.
- Inform financial decisions by analyzing financial information to forecast business, industry, or economic conditions.
- Interpret data on price, yield, stability, future investment-risk trends, economic influences, and other factors affecting investment programs.
- Maintain input or data quality of risk management systems.
- Meet with clients to answer queries on subjects such as risk exposure, market scenarios, or values-at-risk calculations.
- Monitor developments in the fields of industrial technology, business, finance, and economic theory.
- Prepare plans of action for investment, using financial analyses.
- Produce reports or presentations that outline findings, explain risk positions, or recommend changes.
- Provide statistical modeling advice to other departments.
- Recommend investments and investment timing to companies, investment firm staff, or the public.
- Recommend ways to control or reduce risk.
- Review or draft risk disclosures for offer documents.
- Track, measure, or report on aspects of market risk for traded issues.
Work activities
- Assess risks to business operations.
- Evaluate applicable laws and regulations to determine impact on organizational activities.
- Confer with others about financial matters.
- Update professional knowledge.
- Develop business or financial information systems.
- Analyze risks related to investments in green technology.
- Develop contingency plans to deal with organizational emergencies.
- Apply mathematical models of financial or business conditions.
- Develop financial analysis methods.
- Prepare financial documents, reports, or budgets.
- Create images of data, locations, or products.
- Determine the value of goods or services.
- Gather organizational performance information.
- Analyze business or financial data.
- Maintain data in information systems or databases.
- Educate clients on financial planning topics.
- Analyze industry trends.
- Develop financial or business plans.
- Present business-related information to audiences.
- Advise others on analytical techniques.
- Recommend investments to clients.
- Advise others on business or operational matters.
- Prepare regulatory or compliance documentation.
- Monitor business indicators.
Skills in demand
Skills employers ask for in job postings for this occupation (Lightcast), with whether each is a common or specialized skill.
Tools & technology
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How to get in
- Job zone
- Zone 4 — Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Education
- Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
- Typical entry-level education
- Bachelor's degree · BLS, the typical path — not a requirement
- Related experience
- A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- Preparation level
- SVP (7.0 to < 8.0) — total schooling plus on-the-job experience.
What to study: Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services , Mathematics and Statistics . Fields of study crosswalked to this occupation (NCES CIP–SOC), not a requirement.
Interests & work styles
The interests and personal qualities O*NET associates with people who do this work.
Interest areas
| Finance | 6.3 | |
| Mathematics/Statistics | 6.1 | |
| Accounting | 3.9 | |
| Business Initiatives | 3.1 | |
| Information Technology | 3.0 | |
| Management/Administration | 3.0 | |
| Office Work | 3.0 | |
| Law | 2.7 |
Work styles
| Dependability | 6.0 | |
| Attention to Detail | 5.0 | |
| Integrity | 4.0 | |
| Intellectual Curiosity | 3.0 | |
| Cautiousness | 3.0 |
Career interests (Holland / RIASEC)
| Conventional | 5.4 | |
| Investigative | 5.0 | |
| Enterprising | 4.9 |
Wages & employment
U.S. · annual wages (BLS OEWS)
| 10th percentile | $62,270 |
| 25th percentile | $80,280 |
| Median (50th) | $106,000 |
| 75th percentile | $145,020 |
| 90th percentile | $182,310 |
| People employed | 56,320 |
Industries that employ this occupation
Where these workers are employed, by number of jobs (national, BLS OEWS). Pay shown is the occupation's national median, not industry-specific.
| Industry | Workers | National median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Finance and Insurance · Sector | 34,880 | $111,260 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services · Sector | 6,140 | $113,720 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises · Sector | 6,030 | $107,730 |
| Insurance Agencies and Brokerages · National industry | 3,050 | $103,740 |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services · Sector | 1,160 | $99,950 |
| Information · Sector | 1,090 | $104,690 |
| Health Care and Social Assistance · Sector | 860 | $94,050 |
| Educational Services · Sector | 760 | $83,670 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation · Sector | 580 | $77,540 |
| Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers · National industry | 530 | $86,890 |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) · Sector | 400 | $91,210 |
| Manufacturing · Sector | 390 | $111,320 |
Where this work is most concentrated
Industries where this occupation is far more common than in the economy as a whole. The location quotient is how many times more concentrated it is here (a value of 5 means five times its economy-wide share).
| Industry | Concentration | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Finance and Insurance · Sector | 15.34× | 34,880 |
| Insurance Agencies and Brokerages · National industry | 8.43× | 3,050 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises · Sector | 5.88× | 6,030 |
| Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers · National industry | 3.23× | 530 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services · Sector | 1.56× | 6,140 |
| Utilities · Sector | 1.09× | 230 |
| Information · Sector | 1.03× | 1,090 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation · Sector | 0.6× | 580 |
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What you can do with this
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Adjacent roles
Occupations O*NET rates as related — the nearby moves on the map.
Paths in
How people typically prepare for this work.
- Bachelor's degree · typical entry level
- Job zone 4 — Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed · preparation tier
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services · field of study
- Mathematics and Statistics · field of study
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Financial Risk Specialists show 92nd-percentile AI task overlap — and about 4,800 annual U.S. openings
- Financial Risk Specialists rank in the 92nd percentile (High band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated.Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE
- The occupation is projected to see about 4,800 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
- BLS projects employment to be about average (+6.5%) from 2024 to 2034.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
- Median annual pay is $106,000, across about 56,320 U.S. workers.BLS OEWS (May 2024)
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Financial Risk Specialists show 92nd-percentile AI task overlap — and about 4,800 annual U.S. openings • Financial Risk Specialists rank in the 92nd percentile (High band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated. (Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE) • The occupation is projected to see about 4,800 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34) • BLS projects employment to be about average (+6.5%) from 2024 to 2034. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34) • Median annual pay is $106,000, across about 56,320 U.S. workers. (BLS OEWS (May 2024)) Source: Singulariki — "Financial Risk Specialists". https://singulariki.com/roles/role-13-2054-00 Note: AI task overlap measures what today's AI can attempt, not automation, job loss, or a forecast.
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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.
- O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
- Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai Microsoft Research
- “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic
Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
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Plain
Singulariki. "Financial Risk Specialists." 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. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-13-2054-00
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Singulariki. (2026). Financial Risk Specialists. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/roles/role-13-2054-00
BibTeX
@misc{singulariki-role-13-2054-00,
title = {Financial Risk Specialists},
author = {{Singulariki}},
year = {2026},
note = {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. Accessed June 7, 2026},
url = {https://singulariki.com/roles/role-13-2054-00}
} Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.