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Tax Preparers
Also filed here: Tax preparer, Tax filer
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AI already performs most of the work in this job. Even so, the BLS expects 4.7% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
Financial work often uses specialised, compliant AI tools that consumer Copilot data does not see, so this file probably understates how much AI touches it.
- Rank
- #14 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +4.7% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $54,920 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 95,800 in the US, with about 9,400 openings a year
The work, 10 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
AI does this: Calculate financial data33%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,147 Copilot conversations and completed it 72% of the time.
Still yours: Interview people to obtain information9%
People try AI for this, but it seldom finishes the work in full.
Still yours: Examine financial activities, operations, or systems9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Evaluate the quality or accuracy of data8%
AI performed this in about 1 in 683 Copilot conversations and completed it 82% of the time.
AI does this: Advise others on financial matters8%
AI performed this in about 1 in 676 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
AI does this: Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise8%
AI performed this in about 1 in 40 Copilot conversations and completed it 91% of the time.
AI does this: Explain regulations, policies, or procedures7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 84 Copilot conversations and completed it 93% of the time.
Still yours: Develop financial or business plans7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Respond to customer problems or inquiries7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 6 Copilot conversations and completed it 84% of the time.
Still yours: Schedule appointments5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 105 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 9,400 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
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- Shares 28% of the workEligibility Interviewers, Government Programs53% AI does, against 70% here+1.6% by 2035 · $54,210 · High school diploma
The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Work front:
How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.31, higher than 90% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Financial work often uses specialised, compliant AI tools that consumer Copilot data does not see, so this file probably understates how much AI touches it.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 13-2082 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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