Accountant

Most exposed tasks

Highest structured exposure values in this role’s task mix — the work AI systems can already do most of.

• Examine and evaluate financial and information systems, recommending controls to ensure system reliability and data integrity.75
• Examine records and interview workers to ensure recording of transactions and compliance with laws and regulations.75
• Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.75

Augmentable tasks

Work where AI assists rather than replaces — the productivity frontier of this role.

• Ensure regulatory compliance48
• Supervise auditing of establishments, and determine scope of investigation required.42
• Advise on financial controls35

Most durable tasks

Lowest exposure — typically judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability. This is the human moat.

The current data release does not distinguish durable tasks for this role.

Task exposure values and classifications come from the versioned data release — they are structured data, not model output. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 63 puts Accountant in the most-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this high is about the mix: 17 of 20 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 3 augmentable, and 0 durable. The useful question isn’t “will AI take this job” — it’s which tasks go first, which get faster, and where to reposition time. That’s what the personalized report maps against your actual week.

One next move: audit how much of your week sits in the exposed tasks above — then shift time toward the durable set or investigate the adjacent roles below.

Lower-exposure adjacent roles

Shown only when the target is at least 10 points lower under the same score version and skill overlap is at least 50%. These are adjacent roles with lower task exposure — not guaranteed “safe careers”.

Labor-market context

• $79,880median wage
• +4.0%projected growth

Context only — labor statistics are not inputs to the exposure score. See methodology.

Related roles

Adjacent by skills or family — no exposure claim implied.

• Compliance Officer 54
• Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 93
• Financial Examiners 53
• Treasurers and Controllers 64
• Tax Preparer 83
• Budget Analysts 69

FAQ — Accountant

What does a score of 63 mean for a Accountant?

It means that, weighted across the 20 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 63 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the most-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.

Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?

The highest-exposure tasks are: Examine and evaluate financial and information systems, recommending controls to ensure system reliability and data integrity; Examine records and interview workers to ensure recording of transactions and compliance with laws and regulations; Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards. Exposure is scored per task from structured data, not generated by a language model.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The current data release does not distinguish durable tasks for this role.

Is this score personalized to me?

No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.