Jobs · Business and Financial Operations · O*NET-SOC 13-2099.01
Financial Quantitative Analysts: which tasks is AI doing?
4 of its 21 tasks show measurable AI use, and 34% of that use is automation (AI doing the task) rather than augmentation (AI helping a person do it).
Develop quantitative techniques to inform securities investing, equities investing, pricing, or valuation of financial instruments. Develop mathematical or statistical models for risk management, asset optimization, pricing, or relative value analysis.
Tasks with observed AI use
4 of 21
Claude conversations mapped to this job's tasks
Automation share of that use
34%
The rest is augmentation; all usage: 49%
US employment
132,130
BLS, May 2025; broader SOC group 13-2099
US median annual wage
$81,100
For the broader SOC group 13-2099
Which of these does AI already do for you?
Tick the tasks AI handles in your version of this job. Whatever stays unticked is what keeps a person needed: the links a chain waits on. The bars show where people already use AI for each task, from real usage data.
How to read this
Observed use is not the same as replacement. A task can see heavy AI use while the job grows, because the remaining tasks, such as judgment, accountability, and dealing with people, become more valuable. That is the weak-link pattern behind the explainer.
Task lists and wages are US data. The tasks are broadly similar in other countries; pay and employment are not. For your own economy, see work and jobs by country.
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