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Financial examiners

65,100 workers$90,400/yr medianBachelor's degree
5.7

Moderate displacement risk

Composite of 5 dimensions (higher = more displacement pressure)

AI Exposure Analysis

GPT-scored exposure8/10

Financial examiners perform work that is almost entirely digital, involving the analysis of balance sheets, loan documentation, and regulatory text. AI is exceptionally well-suited for automating the core tasks of this role, such as identifying anomalies in financial data, summarizing meeting minutes, and checking compliance against complex legal frameworks, though human judgment remains necessary for final risk assessments and high-level management evaluations.

Dimension Breakdown

Technical AI Exposurepressure
8.0

How many of this occupation's tasks can current or near-term AI systems perform? Based on GPT-scored analysis of 342 BLS occupations validated against 6 academic exposure indices.

Institutional Adoption Speedpressure
6.9

How quickly will firms in this sector actually deploy AI? Accounts for regulatory burden, digital maturity, competitive pressure, union density, and organizational complexity.

Worker Adaptabilityabsorption
7.3

How well can workers in this group transition to new roles? Composite of net liquid wealth (financial buffer), skill transferability, geographic job density, and age demographics.

Demand Elasticityabsorption
5.0

When AI makes this sector's output cheaper, does demand expand enough to offset job losses? High elasticity means the Jevons Paradox may preserve or even grow employment.

AI Complementarityabsorption
6.4

Is AI primarily enhancing workers in this occupation or replacing them? Based on CFO survey data where available, estimated from task composition and job dimensionality otherwise. Jobs with more distinct task clusters (high dimensionality) tend toward augmentation via the O-Ring "focus effect" — automating some tasks lets workers concentrate on remaining ones, multiplying output quality.

6 task dimensionsHigh-dimensional

CFO survey base: 5.9 +0.5 from dimensionality

Task Composition

How this occupation's work time is distributed across 8 task categories, based on O*NET work activity data.

Information Processing23%
Coordination & Mgmt21%
Analysis & Decision16%
Interpersonal16%
Communication13%
Technical / Specialized7%
Physical / Manual3%
Creative / Generative2%

Top Work Activities

Most important work activities from O*NET, ranked by importance score (1-5).

ActivityCategoryScore
Getting InformationInformation Processing4.70
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with StandardsAnalysis & Decision4.65
Analyzing Data or InformationAnalysis & Decision4.52
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or SubordinatesCommunication4.48
Making Decisions and Solving ProblemsAnalysis & Decision4.23
Communicating with People Outside the OrganizationCommunication4.14
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing WorkCoordination & Mgmt4.09
Working with ComputersInformation Processing4.09
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal RelationshipsInterpersonal4.09
Identifying Objects, Actions, and EventsInformation Processing4.04

Methodology

This page combines Karpathy's GPT-scored technical exposure (per-occupation) with four additional dimensions inherited from the parent SOC major group: institutional adoption speed, worker adaptability, demand elasticity, and AI complementarity.

Task composition is derived from O*NET work activity data, mapped to 8 internal categories. The complementarity score is adjusted by job dimensionality (Gans & Goldfarb 2024): occupations with more distinct task clusters tend toward augmentation rather than replacement.

Net displacement risk is computed as a weighted composite: exposure (30%), adoption speed (20%), adaptability (15%), demand elasticity (15%), complementarity (20%). Pressure dimensions are normalized independently from absorption dimensions, so defensive factors can fully counterbalance exposure.