Buy and sell securities in investment and trading firms and develop and implement financial plans for individuals, businesses, and organizations.
U.S. Workers
472,300
Median Salary
$78,140
10-Year Growth
+3.3%
Annual Openings
38,100
Typical entry: Bachelor's degree
19 of 19 tasks have some AI capability
Exposure Trend
This score reflects estimated AI technical capability for tasks in this occupation. It does not predict employment changes, and it does not account for company-specific constraints, regulation, or adoption barriers.
Keep accurate records of transactions.
AI: Fully automatable - AI and integrated accounting systems can automatically record, classify, and reconcile transactions with high accuracy given proper data feeds and controls.
Complete sales order tickets and submit for processing of client-requested transactions.
AI: Fully automatable - AI and RPA can complete sales order tickets and submit them via APIs or broker platform integrations in typical electronic workflows.
Review financial periodicals, stock and bond reports, business publications, or other material to identify potential investments for clients or to keep abreast of trends affecting market conditions.
AI: Fully automatable - AI can continuously review financial periodicals, reports, and data feeds to identify potential investments and summarize trends for clients.
Relay buy or sell orders to securities exchanges or to firm trading departments.
AI: Fully automatable - Order management and execution systems can be controlled by AI to relay buy/sell orders to exchanges or trading desks, given proper integrations and compliance controls.
Contact prospective customers to determine customer needs, present information, or explain available services.
AI: Fully automatable - AI chatbots and automated outreach tools can contact prospects, qualify needs, present information, and explain services with high reliability and scale.
Analyze market conditions to determine optimum times to execute securities transactions.
AI: Fully automatable - Algorithmic and machine‑learning models already analyze market conditions and generate timing signals for executing securities transactions in real time.
Explain stock market terms or trading practices to clients.
AI: Fully automatable - Explaining stock market terms and trading practices is well within current NLP capabilities and can be done accurately and consistently by AI.
Prepare documents needed to implement plans selected by clients.
AI: Fully automatable - AI can auto‑populate and generate required implementation documents from templates and client inputs, subject to integration with firm workflows.
Calculate costs for billings or commissions.
AI: Fully automatable - Calculating billings and commission schedules is deterministic and readily automated by AI given the applicable fee rules.
Prepare financial reports to monitor client or corporate finances.
AI: Fully automatable - AI can aggregate financial data, perform analytics, and produce monitoring reports for clients or corporations with minimal human intervention.
Supply the latest price quotes on any security, as well as information on the activities or financial positions of the corporations issuing these securities.
AI: Fully automatable - When connected to live market data and public filings, AI can supply up‑to‑date quotes and summarize issuer activities and financial positions.
Identify potential clients, using advertising campaigns, mailing lists, or personal contacts.
AI: Fully automatable - AI-driven marketing and data‑mining tools can identify and prioritize potential clients using campaign data, lists, and contact networks at scale.
Interview clients to determine clients' assets, liabilities, cash flow, insurance coverage, tax status, or financial objectives.
AI: Partial - AI can conduct structured interviews and extract assets/liabilities/cash flow information, but complex cases, sensitive trust-building, and regulatory authentication often require human advisers.
Discuss financial options with clients and keep them informed about transactions.
AI: Partial - AI can generate and communicate personalized financial options and transaction updates, yet providing regulated or fiduciary financial advice typically demands human oversight or licensing.
Develop financial plans, based on analysis of clients' financial status.
AI: Partial - AI can analyze client financial data and produce draft financial plans, but comprehensive, compliant plans generally require human judgment and licensed advisor review.
Review all securities transactions to ensure accuracy of information and conformance to governing agency regulations.
AI: Partial - AI can automatically check transactions for data accuracy and rule-based regulatory conformity and flag issues, but final compliance determinations and nuanced legal judgments usually need human review.
Inform and advise concerned parties regarding fluctuations or securities transactions affecting plans or accounts.
AI: Partial - AI can inform stakeholders about market fluctuations and provide interpretive summaries, but delivering formal advice or making recommendations in regulated contexts often requires a human advisor.
Offer advice on the purchase or sale of particular securities.
AI: Partial - AI systems can generate tailored buy/sell recommendations and model outcomes, but providing regulated, personalized investment advice typically requires human oversight and compliance checks.
Read corporate reports and calculate ratios to determine best prospects for profit on stock purchases.
AI: Partial - AI can parse reports, compute financial ratios and rank candidates at scale, but selecting the best prospects for profit requires market judgment, timing and risk management beyond purely automated analysis.