AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 15-2051.01
Will AI replace Business Intelligence Analysts?
Business Intelligence Analysts: AI can already handle 11 of 17 tasks; the work mostly needs a frontier-tier model.
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Every task, scored
The 17 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Business Intelligence Analysts, from most to least exposed. 11 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.
| Task | AI exposure | Evidence | Model tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Generate standard or custom reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data for review by executives, managers, clients, and other stakeholders. | Observed | Standard | |
| Maintain or update business intelligence tools, databases, dashboards, systems, or methods. | Observed | Frontier | |
| Synthesize current business intelligence or trend data to support recommendations for action. | Observed | Standard | |
| Provide technical support for existing reports, dashboards, or other tools. | Observed | Frontier | |
| Manage timely flow of business intelligence information to users. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Document specifications for business intelligence or information technology reports, dashboards, or other outputs. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Disseminate information regarding tools, reports, or metadata enhancements. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Communicate with customers, competitors, suppliers, professional organizations, or others to stay abreast of industry or business trends. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Create business intelligence tools or systems, including design of related databases, spreadsheets, or outputs. | Observed | Frontier | |
| Collect business intelligence data from available industry reports, public information, field reports, or purchased sources. | Observed | Standard | |
| Analyze competitive market strategies through analysis of related product, market, or share trends. | Observed | Standard | |
| Conduct or coordinate tests to ensure that intelligence is consistent with defined needs. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Analyze technology trends to identify markets for future product development or to improve sales of existing products. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Identify and analyze industry or geographic trends with business strategy implications. | Observed | Efficient | |
| Identify or monitor current and potential customers, using business intelligence tools. | Observed | Standard | |
| Create or review technical design documentation to ensure the accurate development of reporting solutions. | Observed | Efficient | |
| Maintain library of model documents, templates, or other reusable knowledge assets. | Estimated | Standard |
Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 10 of 17 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 7 of 17. Importance is O*NET's 1 to 5 rating of how central the task is. Model tier is the lowest tier that can do the task under the published rubric; "No tier" marks hands-on work.
The model tier this role needs
A frontier-tier model or lower covers 100% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 100% of the work is something AI can address at some tier.
Efficient, standard and frontier tiers come from the JobRoute model tier reference. The recommended tier is the lowest one that covers 80% of the work AI can address. How the method works.
Wages, employment and outlook
- US employment
- 262,440
- Median annual wage
- $120,230
- Middle half of earners
- $85,660 to $158,880
- Projected change, 2024 to 2034
- +33.5%
Employment and wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Projection: BLS Employment Projections 2024 to 2034. BLS publishes these figures by SOC code, so O*NET occupations that share a SOC code show the same figures.
Adjacent roles
The occupations that reuse the most of this role's skills, with the usual time to move. These are the first places to look when you plan to redeploy or retrain people in this role.
- Intelligence Analysts 70% skill overlap, about 11 months to move Exposure69
- Management Analysts 69% skill overlap, about 11 months to move Exposure55
- Data Scientists 66% skill overlap, about 12 months to move Exposure63
- Financial and Investment Analysts 65% skill overlap, about 12 months to move Exposure58
- Computer Systems Analysts 63% skill overlap, about 13 months to move Exposure67
Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.
Questions about Business Intelligence Analysts and AI
Will AI replace Business Intelligence Analysts?
AI already handles 11 of the 17 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 65 out of 100. JobRoute scores tasks, not whole jobs, so the score shows how much of the work changes rather than whether the job disappears. BLS projects employment to change by +33.5% from 2024 to 2034.
What is the AI exposure of Business Intelligence Analysts?
65 out of 100 on JobRoute's task exposure measure, the importance-weighted average of the role's O*NET task scores. Higher means more of the work is AI-doable today. 10 of the 17 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 7 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.
Which Business Intelligence Analysts tasks can AI already do?
The tasks with the highest exposure are: Generate standard or custom reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data for review by executives, managers, clients, and other stakeholders; Maintain or update business intelligence tools, databases, dashboards, systems, or methods; Synthesize current business intelligence or trend data to support recommendations for action. They are three of the 11 tasks that reach 60 or more.
What AI model tier does this role need?
A frontier-tier model or lower covers 100% of the role's importance-weighted task work. JobRoute assigns each task the lowest tier that can do it under a published rubric and recommends the lowest tier that covers 80% of the work AI can address.
How many people work as Business Intelligence Analysts, and what do they earn?
262,440 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $120,230 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of +33.5% from 2024 to 2034.
How to cite
Data version 2026-11-02, JobRoute method v1.0.0. Download all occupations or this occupation as JSON. Methodology.
JobRoute (2026). AI exposure: Business Intelligence Analysts. Data version 2026-11-02, method v1.0.0. Built on O*NET 30.3, BLS OEWS May 2025 and the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026). CC BY 4.0. https://www.jobroute.ai/jobs/business-intelligence-analysts
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