Budget Analysts
The short answer
This job is expected to meaningfully change. AI can already assist with or automate many of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 303 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second most exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. That doesn't mean the job goes away—it means more of its tasks are the kind AI can help with.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with more than half of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second most exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.
AI can help with or automate about 92% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Analyze monthly department budgeting and accounting reports to maintain expenditure controls.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Provide advice and technical assistance with cost analysis, fiscal allocation, and budget preparation.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Review operating budgets to analyze trends affecting budget needs.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Compile and analyze accounting records and other data to determine the financial resources required to implement a program.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Examine budget estimates for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and regulations.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Testify before examining and fund-granting authorities, clarifying and promoting the proposed budgets.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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