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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 297 openings expected each year.

Step 1

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

More exposedband 4 of 5
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Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about 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.

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. Ascertain premium rates required and cash reserves and liabilities necessary to ensure payment of future benefits.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  2. Collaborate with programmers, underwriters, accounts, claims experts, and senior management to help companies develop plans for new lines of business or improvements to existing business.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  3. Analyze statistical information to estimate mortality, accident, sickness, disability, and retirement rates.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  4. Design, review, and help administer insurance, annuity and pension plans, determining financial soundness and calculating premiums.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  5. Determine, or help determine, company policy, and explain complex technical matters to company executives, government officials, shareholders, policyholders, or the public.

    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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The closest matches by the skills they use—each has projected openings in New York State, pays within reach of your job now, and is no more exposed to AI than your job. Each card shows what the move would take.

  • Compensation and Benefits Managers

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    +11% pay140 openings/yrAbout as exposed as your job now

    Pays about 11% more—$178,564 vs your $160,862 here.

    What the move takes

    Usually requires a bachelor's degree, with 5 years or more of experience.

    Getting ready typically takes two to four years.

    Skills you already have

    • Written Comprehension
    • Reading Comprehension
    • Active Listening
    • Oral Comprehension
    • Oral Expression

    New skills to build

    • Personnel and Human Resources
    • Customer and Personal Service
    • Administrative
    • Administration and Management
    • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Personal Financial Advisors

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    +5% pay3,181 openings/yrAbout as exposed as your job now

    Pays about 5% more—$169,190 vs your $160,862 here.

    What the move takes

    Usually requires a bachelor's degree, plus long-term on-the-job training.

    Getting ready typically takes two to four years.

    Skills you already have

    • Economics and Accounting
    • Oral Expression
    • Deductive Reasoning
    • Mathematics
    • Reading Comprehension

    New skills to build

    • Customer and Personal Service
    • Psychology
    • Therapy and Counseling
    • Administrative
    • Service Orientation
  • Financial Managers

    Similar work
    +39% pay8,296 openings/yrAbout as exposed as your job now

    Pays about 39% more—$223,566 vs your $160,862 here.

    What the move takes

    Usually requires a bachelor's degree, with 5 years or more of experience.

    Getting ready typically takes two to four years.

    Skills you already have

    • Mathematics
    • Economics and Accounting
    • Oral Expression
    • Deductive Reasoning
    • Written Comprehension

    New skills to build

    • Customer and Personal Service
    • Administration and Management
    • Management of Financial Resources
    • Administrative