Computer Systems Analysts

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Job Score (higher is better):

We rate jobs using four factors. These are:

- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

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Risk & user votes

Calculated automation risk

29% (Low Risk)

Low Risk (21-40%): This occupation has a lower risk of full replacement by AI, software, or robotic systems. Some tasks may be automated or assisted, but the role usually still relies on human judgement, communication, responsibility, physical adaptability, or practical decision-making.

More information on what this score is, and how it is calculated is available here.

Human strengths important in this job

These are human abilities and work contexts that are important in this occupation. They may help explain why parts of the role are harder to replace end-to-end, but they are not the only inputs into the automation score.

Decision-making and problem solving

Very important
Why this matters
Analyze information, weigh tradeoffs, and choose the best solution—especially when situations are ambiguous, high-stakes, or have real-world consequences.
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Assisting and caring for others

Quite important
Why this matters
Provide hands-on help, emotional support, or personal care to people—work that depends on empathy, trust, and responding to individual needs in the moment.
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Thinking creatively

Quite important
Why this matters
Coming up with original ideas and designs—creating new concepts, products, systems, or artistic work. This kind of open-ended invention and taste-based judgment is harder to automate end-to-end than routine, rule-based tasks.
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Social perceptiveness

Quite important
Why this matters
Noticing others’ emotions and reactions in the moment and adjusting what you say or do based on why they’re responding that way.
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Developing objectives and strategies

Quite important
Why this matters
Sets long-term goals and chooses strategies and actions to reach them, weighing tradeoffs and adapting plans as conditions change.
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Communicating with people outside the organization

Quite important
Why this matters
Represents the organization to customers, the public, or government—handling questions, concerns, and relationship-building through conversations, writing, calls, or email.
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Active learning

Quite important
Why this matters
Keeps learning from new information and applying it to make better decisions now and in the future, especially when situations change.
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Operations analysis

Quite important
Why this matters
Figure out what people need and what a product must do, then translate those requirements into a workable design.
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Education and training expertise

Quite important
Why this matters
Designing and delivering instruction—adapting lessons to different learners and measuring whether training actually works.
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What users think

Based on 417 votes

37% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted there's a low chance this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 29% chance of automation.

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What is the likelihood that Computer Systems Analysts will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

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Pay & outlook

Wages

Very high paid relative to other professions

In 2024, the median annual wage for Computer Systems Analysts was $103,790 ($50 per hour).

The median annual wage for Computer Systems Analysts was 109.7% higher than the national median annual wage, which stood at $49,500.

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Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Growth

Very fast growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Computer Systems Analysts' job openings is expected to rise 8.7% by 2034

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Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Volume

Significantly greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2024 there were 497,800 people employed as 'Computer Systems Analysts' within the United States.

This represents around 0.32% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 309 people are employed as 'Computer Systems Analysts'.

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What people are saying (7)

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René (Moderate)
02 Oct 2025 15:40
Partly because there is hardware management that can only be done by people, and also because there are incidents that require a person to respond with the judgment needed to resolve them or take the most appropriate actions to restore services as quickly as possible.
claudio s natalino (Low)
16 May 2025 00:11
"Because the ones who program the automation are humans."
Victor A Reinhart (No chance)
21 May 2023 21:09
The computer analyst is the human who communicates with the business to determine their needs, and then considers the existing system to make high-level decisions, such as build or buy.
aaron (Moderate)
01 Apr 2021 02:50
evolved machine learning / neural could take some ground in repetitive manual tasks eventually
Sonia (No chance)
22 Nov 2020 21:34
The business analyst has to gather information from a client and explains his/her analysis to the developers that will build the programs that automate humans action on a computer.
Luana Marçal (No chance)
31 May 2020 03:18
This area develops the A.I environment. It is meaningless to create the end of my profession myself
Ratheesh
18 Nov 2019 11:42
Yes, because of computer required for the future
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Job description

Analyze science, engineering, business, and other data processing problems to develop and implement solutions to complex applications problems, system administration issues, or network concerns. Perform systems management and integration functions, improve existing computer systems, and review computer system capabilities, workflow, and schedule limitations. May analyze or recommend commercially available software.

O*NET-SOC code: 15-1211.00