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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

23% (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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Communicating with people outside the organization

Very 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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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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Persuasion

Quite important
Why this matters
Influencing people to change their minds or behavior through conversation, trust, and negotiation.
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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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Coaching and developing others

Quite important
Why this matters
Helps people learn and improve through coaching, mentoring, and feedback. This relies on trust, motivation, and adapting guidance to each person—work that’s hard to replace end-to-end with automation.
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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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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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What users think

Based on 145 votes

47% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted they are unsure if this occupation will be automated. However, employees may be able to find reassurance in the automated risk level we have generated, which shows 23% chance of automation.

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What is the likelihood that Investment Fund Managers 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 Financial Managers was $161,700 ($78 per hour).

The median annual wage for Financial Managers was 226.7% higher than the national median annual wage, which stood at $49,500.

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Growth

Very fast growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Financial Managers' job openings is expected to rise 14.8% by 2034

* 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 818,620 people employed as 'Financial Managers' within the United States.

This represents around 0.5% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 188 people are employed as 'Financial Managers'.

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What people are saying (8)

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Gustav Niederer (Moderate)
11 Aug 2025 15:12
I think that the chances of AI taking over stock Trading are quiet high as a lot of hedge funds and investment firms are already using artificial intelligence and logarithm investing for their trading.
Steve (Low)
12 Dec 2024 11:54
The Managers job will be easier as robots can do automatic data entry but the final interpretation, judgement and decision making will be by the manager only.
Aniket (Low)
15 May 2024 00:38
How can a company trust a robot with that huge amount of money
FinMan
22 Jun 2025 16:25
I mean how can it trust a human then?
Anonymous (Low)
01 Nov 2023 07:30
Accountability and subsequently trust is something AI won't be able to provide.
Medium & Long term investment horizons = more volatility and uncertainty, market becomes non-optimal; hard to model.

AI could be used to optimize & speed up workflows for PMs.
chirag (Low)
10 Aug 2023 03:34
i dont think so AI can replace such jobs where it requires experience as when,where,what,how much to invest
MEME (Highly likely)
09 Mar 2023 20:15
Given that the numerous variables that lead to successful and profitable investing, a self learning automation that never shows up late, never sick, never demands a raise or a vacation, willing to work 24/7, able to consider complex situations, can calculate probabilities instantly and accurately, and communicate electronically , etc., an AI takeover of investment jobs seems inevitable.
Luis (Uncertain)
17 Mar 2022 04:16
Part of it depends on optimization models which can be done by robots
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Job description

Plan, direct, or coordinate investment strategy or operations for a large pool of liquid assets supplied by institutional investors or individual investors.

O*NET-SOC code: 11-3031.03