Accountants and Auditors

Most exposed tasks

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

• Prepare adjusting journal entries.70
• Review accounts for discrepancies and reconcile differences.68
• Establish tables of accounts and assign entries to proper accounts.65

Augmentable tasks

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

• Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.60
• Prepare detailed reports on audit findings.58
• Collect and analyze data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, extravagance, fraud, or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies.55

Most durable tasks

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

• Confer with company officials about financial and regulatory matters.25
• Supervise auditing of establishments, and determine scope of investigation required.30
• Examine records and interview workers to ensure recording of transactions and compliance with laws and regulations.30

Task exposure values and classifications are published, versioned estimates audited against the anchored rubric. This page reads them from the data release rather than generating them at request time. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 47 puts Accountants and Auditors in the most-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this high is about the mix: 3 of 20 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 11 augmentable, and 6 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.

Lower-exposure adjacent roles

No adjacent role in the current data release is at least 10 points lower with ≥50% skill overlap — we don’t label anything “safer” unless the data supports it.

Labor-market context

• $83,680median wage
• 1,449,500employed
• 124,200annual openings
• +4.6%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.

• Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 67
• Financial Examiners 40
• Treasurers and Controllers 42
• Budget Analysts 51
• Tax Preparer 63
• Financial Managers 43

How this score was calculated

FAQ — Accountants and Auditors

Will AI replace Accountants and Auditors?

This score cannot predict whether this occupation or any individual job will be replaced. It shows which tasks current and near-term AI can perform or accelerate, which tasks remain more durable, and where a worker can adapt. Employer decisions, demand, regulation, and how the role changes are outside the score.

What does a score of 47 mean for a Accountants and Auditors?

It means that, weighted across the 20 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 47 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: Prepare adjusting journal entries; Review accounts for discrepancies and reconcile differences; Establish tables of accounts and assign entries to proper accounts. Exposure comes from the published, rubric-scored data release rather than being generated when you open this page.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The most durable responsibilities are: Confer with company officials about financial and regulatory matters; Supervise auditing of establishments, and determine scope of investigation required; Examine records and interview workers to ensure recording of transactions and compliance with laws and regulations. Durable tasks typically depend on judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability.

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.