As of June 2026, Financial Quantitative Analysts has an AI-exposure score of 63/100 (High exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
Financial Quantitative Analysts
More exposed than 76% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$81,100. About 10,300 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
How you compare to similar Business & Finance roles
Your tasks, by AI exposure
- Consult traders or other financial industry personnel to determine the need for new or improved analytical applications.
- Interpret results of financial analysis procedures.
- Apply mathematical or statistical techniques to address practical issues in finance, such as derivative valuation, securities trading, risk management, or financial market regulation.
- Develop core analytical capabilities or model libraries, using advanced statistical, quantitative, or econometric techniques.
- Maintain or modify all financial analytic models in use.
- Devise or apply independent models or tools to help verify results of analytical systems.
- Develop tools to assess green technologies or green financial products, such as green hedge funds or social responsibility investment funds.
- Develop solutions to help clients hedge carbon exposure or risk.
- Develop methods of assessing or measuring corporate performance in terms of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues.
- Prepare requirements documentation for use by software developers.
- Define or recommend model specifications or data collection methods.
- Assess the potential impact of climate change on business financial issues, such as damage repairs, insurance costs, or potential disruptions of daily activities.
- Research or develop analytical tools to address issues such as portfolio construction or optimization, performance measurement, attribution, profit and loss measurement, or pricing models.
- Collaborate in the development or testing of new analytical software to ensure compliance with user requirements, specifications, or scope.
- Identify, track, or maintain metrics for trading system operations.
- Confer with other financial engineers or analysts on trading strategies, market dynamics, or trading system performance to inform development of quantitative techniques.
- Research new financial products or analytics to determine their usefulness.
- Provide application or analytical support to researchers or traders on issues such as valuations or data.
- Produce written summary reports of financial research results.
- Collaborate with product development teams to research, model, validate, or implement quantitative structured solutions for new or expanded markets.
No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as augmentable (90%).
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