Financial examiners
SOC Code: 13-2061
Financial examiners carries a 61% AI exposure score (Very High automation risk), with a median annual wage of $90,400 and +18.5% projected employment growth from 2024 to 2034 (BLS), affecting approximately 65,100 workers. Full task breakdown, skills, and employer data are below.
Proportion of tasks susceptible to AI automation (O*NET analysis)
At 61% AI exposure, Financial examiners sits 24 points above the 37.2% average across 832 U.S. occupations - more exposed than 95% of them. Most of its core tasks still require human judgment.
Career outlook score
65/100
Financial examiners, weighted across 3 of 3 tracked dimensions
A weighted composite of median wage, projected growth, and AI-automation security (inverted exposure), each benchmarked against every other tracked occupation. It describes this occupation's standing across those three dimensions, not a guarantee of future outcomes.
- Median wage A- $90,400
Annual median wage, percentile rank vs all tracked occupations
- Projected growth A+ +18.5%
Projected employment change, 2024-2034, BLS Employment Projections
- AI exposure (inverted) F 61% exposure
Lower O*NET task-automability scores lower risk; this dimension scores security, not exposure
Home health and personal care aides is #1 of 832 occupations by employment (4.3M, AI exposure rank #392 at 35%) vs. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks #1 by AI task exposure (95%, employment rank #17 at 1.6M).
Automation-risk inventory
Exclusive cut of 832 occupations by PlainWorkforce automation-risk band. Orthogonal to the continuous AI-exposure distribution chart below and to this occupation's single risk badge, this is the corpus band mix, with Financial examiners in the Very High band.
Credential × growth standing
Bachelor's bar with above-average BLS growth
Financial examiners sits in the Bachelor's entry band (178 of 832 occupations) and the Much faster pace bucket (31 of 832). That pairing is rarer than the HS / some-college + declining cluster that dominates the BLS map - treat the degree bar as the binding gate while the growth line stays supportive.
Where Financial examiners sits among all occupations
AI-exposure score distribution across 832 U.S. occupations (O*NET task analysis). This occupation is marked in rose.
Where Financial examiners sits by AI exposure
AI-exposure score distribution across U.S. occupations (O*NET task analysis)
61% Higher than most higher than 95% of 832 occupations
Occupations, banded by AI-exposure score
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Source O*NET task data (U.S. Department of Labor) · BLS 2024–2034
Source: O*NET task data (U.S. Department of Labor); AI-exposure scores are PlainWorkforce's analysis. As of BLS 2024–2034.
Financial examiners vs. its occupational neighbors
AI exposure (horizontal) vs projected 2024–2034 growth (vertical) for occupations in the same SOC group. Financial examiners is marked in rose; the top-left corner is the most future-proof.
Source: BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034 (growth) and O*NET (AI-exposure analysis by PlainWorkforce).
Employment Projections
Where This Score Comes From
Financial examiners's Very High automation-risk tier is computed from O*NET Database 30.0 task-level analysis, where each documented task the occupation performs is evaluated against current generative AI, robotic process automation, and machine-learning capabilities. A score in the 40–70% range indicates meaningful automation pressure on specific task categories, but the role as a whole still requires human judgment for coordination, exception handling, or client interaction.
The employment, wage, and education figures above come from a second, separate federal source: BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034, matched to the O*NET task data by Standard Occupational Classification (SOC 13-2061) code, with the wage figure cross-validated against the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024 survey. BLS figures are presented exactly as published, with no adjustment on our part; the SOC-code match is what lets Financial examiners be compared directly against every other tracked occupation on the same basis, not just roles that happen to share a job title.
For career planners, this profile should be read alongside the task, skill, and knowledge breakdowns below and the list of employers whose workforce composition includes Financial examiners. Adjacent occupations shown further down offer lateral moves that preserve industry knowledge while potentially reducing exposure.
Education & Entry Requirements
Top Tasks (O*NET)
- 1. Direct and participate in formal and informal meetings with bank directors, trustees, senior management, counsels, outside accountants, and consultants to gather information and discuss findings.
- 2. Recommend actions to ensure compliance with laws and regulations, or to protect solvency of institutions.
- 3. Prepare reports, exhibits, and other supporting schedules that detail an institution's safety and soundness, compliance with laws and regulations, and recommended solutions to questionable financial conditions.
- 4. Resolve problems concerning the overall financial integrity of banking institutions including loan investment portfolios, capital, earnings, and specific or large troubled accounts.
- 5. Investigate activities of institutions to enforce laws and regulations and to ensure legality of transactions and operations or financial solvency.
- 6. Review balance sheets, operating income and expense accounts, and loan documentation to confirm institution assets and liabilities.
- 7. Plan, supervise, and review work of assigned subordinates.
- 8. Review audit reports of internal and external auditors to monitor adequacy of scope of reports or to discover specific weaknesses in internal routines.
- 9. Examine the minutes of meetings of directors, stockholders, and committees to investigate the specific authority extended at various levels of management.
- 10. Train other examiners in the financial examination process.
Key Skills Required
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
- Writing
- Speaking
- Monitoring
- Complex Problem Solving
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Mathematics
- Active Learning
Knowledge Areas
- English Language
- Economics and Accounting
- Law and Government
- Mathematics
- Administration and Management
- Computers and Electronics
- Administrative
- Customer and Personal Service
- Personnel and Human Resources
- Education and Training
Frequently Asked Questions
Will AI replace Financial examiners?
Financial examiners has an AI exposure score of 61%, indicating a very high level of automation risk. Some tasks in this role can be augmented or partially automated by AI, but core responsibilities require human judgment.
What is the job outlook for Financial examiners?
According to BLS Employment Projections 2024-2034, Financial examiners is projected to grow by 18.5% over the decade. Current employment stands at approximately 65,100 workers.
What skills are needed for Financial examiners?
Key skills for Financial examiners include Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, and others. Typical entry-level education is Bachelor's degree.
How much do Financial examiners earn?
The median annual wage for Financial examiners is $90,400, according to BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2024). Actual earnings vary by location, experience, industry, and employer. The BLS publishes detailed wage percentiles by region in its Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program.
What education is required for Financial examiners?
The typical entry-level education for Financial examiners is Bachelor's degree. Employers generally expect None of related work experience. On-the-job training typically involves Long-term on-the-job training. Requirements can vary by employer and specialization.
Which companies employ Financial examiners?
Financial examiners roles exist across many industries and employers. Workforce composition is estimated from BLS industry-occupation employment distributions matched to SEC-registered public companies.
AI Exposure Rating
Very High automation risk based on 10 analyzed tasks. A majority of tasks in this occupation are susceptible to AI automation.
Nationwide occupations with similar workforce profiles
Two data-derived peer sets for Financial examiners: AI-exposure neighbors and BLS 2034 growth neighbors (distinct comparison neighborhoods, cross-occupation).
Similar AI exposure score
Nearest O*NET task-automability scores nationwide (61% here).
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- Pharmacy technicians · AI exposure 61%
- Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping · AI exposure 61%
Similar projected growth (2024–2034)
Nearest BLS employment change rates nationwide (+18.5% here).
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- Occupational therapy assistants · growth +19.2%
- Computer and information research scientists · growth +19.7%
- Health specialties teachers, postsecondary · growth +17.3%
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on published BLS + O*NET metrics among occupations with ≥10,000 workers in 2024; corpus ranks above sort the full tracked set.
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What to do with this
Use Financial examiners' numbers above to compare, not just read in isolation.
- Compare Financial examiners side by side against another occupation on wage, growth, and AI exposure. Workforce comparison tool
- Understand how the AI exposure score above is actually calculated before treating it as a verdict. Reading AI exposure scores
- See the full ranked list of occupations with the lowest automation exposure nationwide. Safest occupations from AI
AI exposure scores estimate task automatability from O*NET data; they are not a certainty of job loss, and BLS growth projections are estimates, not guarantees.
Data sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2024–2034 and O*NET Database 30.0. Employment figures are rounded. Wage data from BLS Occupational Employment Statistics (OES).