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Accounting
Accountant
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Key facts
+5%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesEmployment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: high according to the ILO, very high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +5% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Keeps and checks accounts, and prepares financial statements and tax returns for a business or its clients.
121 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- account auditor
- accountant
- accounting analyst
- accounting controller
- accounting methods analyst
- accounting officer
- accounting specialist
- accounting supervisor
- accounting systems analyst
- accounting technician
- accounts analyst
- audit assessor
- audit associate
- audit checker
- audit examiner
- audit inspector
- audit leader
- audit manager
- audit overseer
- audit supervisor
- audit supervisors
- audit team leader
- auditing supervisor
- auditor
- auditor-in-charge
- auditors
- audits supervisor
- bank auditor
- bank examiner
- bank examiners
- bankruptcy analyst
- bankruptcy analysts
- bankruptcy trustee
- bookkeeper
- budget accountant
- budget analyst
- budget and policy analyst
- budget officer
- certified fraud examiner
- certified public accountant
- chartered accountant
- chartered tax adviser
- corporate controller
- corporate tax preparer
- cost accountant
- cost accounting clerk
- cost accounting officer
- cost analyst
- cost and budget analyst
- cost and planning analyst
- cost estimator
- cost recovery estimator
- dividend analyst
- dividend and coupon analyst
- dividend calculation clerk
- dividend clerk
- dividends analyst
- dividends clerk
- external auditor
- external auditors
- external examiner
- finance accountant
- finance accountant of government administration
- finance auditor
- finance controller
- finance manager
- finance officer
- finances auditor
- financial accountant
- financial administrator
- financial auditor
- financial control manager
- financial control officer
- financial controller
- financial examiner
- financial fraud examiner
- financial fraud examiners
- financial fraud investigator
- financial investigation clerk
- financial investigator
- financial reporting accountant
- financial systems analyst
- fiscal advisor
- forensic accountant
- fraud analyst
- fraud examiner
- fraud investigations manager
- fraud prevention analyst
- grants management officer
- grants officer
- head financial accountant
- insolvency practitioner
- insolvency practitioners
- insolvency trustee
- insolvency trustees
- internal auditor
- internal auditors
- internal examiner
- licensed tax consultant
- production accountant
- proposals manager
- public finance accountant
- public finance manager
- public finance officer
- quantity surveyor
- register accountant
- senior internal auditor
- tax adviser
- tax advisor
- tax advisors
- tax consultant
- tax evaluator
- tax examiner
- tax expert
- tax preparer
- tax specialist
- treasury accountant
- treasury manager
- treasury officer
- trustee in bankruptcy
- trustees in bankruptcy
Training
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Gauges
Risk 4/5 · High
AI exposureVery highBLS AI exposure category "very high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (high)
Employment outlookGrowthBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Accountants and auditors)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayHighBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $83,680
EntryLongBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.