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Credit 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 shrink over the next decade, with about 622 openings expected each year.

Step 1

Where your job stands

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the 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

Most exposedband 5 of 5
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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 most exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.

Step 2

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 nearly every task in this job.

Tasks AI can help with or automate

  1. Analyze credit data and financial statements to determine the degree of risk involved in extending credit or lending money.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  2. Complete loan applications, including credit analyses and summaries of loan requests, and submit to loan committees for approval.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  3. Generate financial ratios, using computer programs, to evaluate customers' financial status.

    AI could do much of this on its own

  4. Prepare reports that include the degree of risk involved in extending credit or lending money.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  5. Analyze financial data, such as income growth, quality of management, and market share to determine expected profitability of loans.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

Step 3

Jobs you could switch to

If you're thinking about a change, these are jobs your experience already fits—related work you could move into. Pick your area to see local options.

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