Financial and Investment Analysts vs Project Management Specialists
Financial and Investment Analysts carries the higher exposed share at 50.1% against 47.9%, a gap of 2.2 points. The difference is driven by friction: the work is similarly producible in both, and what differs is what stands in the way of letting a machine finish it. Release v2026.Q3.
| Occupation | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Capability | Friction | Median pay | Rank | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial and Investment Analysts | 50.1% | 26.3% | 23.6% | 0.76 | 0.37 | $102,740 | 108 | exposed |
| Project Management Specialists | 47.9% | 27.3% | 24.8% | 0.75 | 0.39 | $102,320 | 127 | exposed |
What stands in the way, in each
Financial and Investment Analysts: the dominant friction is that it runs on knowledge of the organisation that a model cannot hold. Capability sits at 0.76 of 1 and friction at 0.37 of 1.
Project Management Specialists: the dominant friction is that it runs on knowledge of the organisation that a model cannot hold. Capability sits at 0.75 of 1 and friction at 0.39 of 1.
Capability asks whether a generally available system can produce the work product at all. Friction asks what stops it finishing the job: physical work, being present, being accountable, unseen context, or the cost of checking the output. The rubric is here.
Read each in full
Exposure is not displacement. A higher score does not rank two jobs by how safe they are, and nothing here models adoption, employment or pay.