Headline risk
1%
Very Low RiskBudget analysts
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
Examine budget estimates for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and regulations. Analyze budgeting and accounting reports.
Task evidence
100% weighted task match · 6% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 87,930
Employment 2024
50.4K
Projected Change (2024–34)
1.0%
Openings (2024–34)
3.1K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Employment of budget analysts is projected to show little or no change from 2024 to 2034.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Analyze monthly department budgeting and accounting reports to maintain expenditure controls. AI use: 0%
- 2. Provide advice and technical assistance with cost analysis, fiscal allocation, and budget preparation. AI use: 59%
- 3. Examine budget estimates for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and regulations. AI use: 0%
- 4. Review operating budgets to analyze trends affecting budget needs. AI use: 0%
- 5. Direct the preparation of regular and special budget reports. AI use: 0%
- 6. Summarize budgets and submit recommendations for the approval or disapproval of funds requests. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 41.0 · 67K employed
Under 25: 1% · 25–54: 79% · 55+: 19%
Related
No direct US role match is available yet for this occupation.
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
major_group_fallback · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Budget analysts help public and private organizations plan their finances.
Budget analysts work in government agencies, private companies, and universities. Most work full time.
Budget analysts typically need a bachelor’s degree to enter the occupation. Courses in accounting, economics, and statistics are helpful.
The median annual wage for budget analysts was $87,930 in May 2024.
Employment of budget analysts is projected to show little or no change from 2024 to 2034.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.