# Budget Analysts

> Examine budget estimates for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and regulations. Analyze budgeting and accounting reports.
- **Entity Type:** role
- **Schema Version:** role.v1
- **Soc Code:** 13-2031.00
- **Summary:** Examine budget estimates for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and regulations. Analyze budgeting and accounting reports.

## Aliases

- Budget Analyst
- Budget Officer
- Budget Planning Analyst
- Budget and Policy Analyst
- Budget Coordinator
- Cost Analyst
- Financial Services Officer
- Fiscal Analyst
- Fiscal Budget Analyst
- Budget Administrator (Budget Admin)
- Budget Engineer
- Budget Examiner

## Tasks

| Text | Type | Iwa |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Analyze monthly department budgeting and accounting reports to maintain expenditure controls. | Core | 4.A.2.a.4.k |
| Provide advice and technical assistance with cost analysis, fiscal allocation, and budget preparation. | Core | 4.A.4.b.6.k |
| Review operating budgets to analyze trends affecting budget needs. | Core | 4.A.2.a.4.k |
| Compile and analyze accounting records and other data to determine the financial resources required to implement a program. | Core | 4.A.1.a.1.d |
| Examine budget estimates for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and regulations. | Core | 4.A.2.a.2.a |
| Summarize budgets and submit recommendations for the approval or disapproval of funds requests. | Core | 4.A.3.b.6.a |
| Consult with managers to ensure that budget adjustments are made in accordance with program changes. | Core | 4.A.4.a.2.e |
| Direct the preparation of regular and special budget reports. | Core | 4.A.3.b.6.a |
| Interpret budget directives and establish policies for carrying out directives. | Core | 4.A.2.b.4.a |
| Testify before examining and fund-granting authorities, clarifying and promoting the proposed budgets. | Supplemental | 4.A.4.a.3.a |
| Perform cost-benefit analyses to compare operating programs, review financial requests, or explore alternative financing methods. | Core | 4.A.2.a.4.k |
| Match appropriations for specific programs with appropriations for broader programs, including items for emergency funds. | Core | 4.A.2.a.4.k |

## Emerging Tasks

| Text |
| --- |
| Communicate financial reports and budgets to stakeholders. |
| Submit and monitor salary raises. |

## Activities

| Name | Iwa |
| --- | --- |
| Analyze budgetary or accounting data. | 4.A.2.a.4.k |
| Prepare financial documents, reports, or budgets. | 4.A.3.b.6.a |
| Discuss business strategies, practices, or policies with managers. | 4.A.4.a.2.e |
| Analyze business or financial data. | 4.A.2.a.4.k |
| Advise others on financial matters. | 4.A.4.b.6.k |
| Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency. | 4.A.1.b.1.b |
| Verify accuracy of financial information. | 4.A.2.a.2.a |
| Establish organizational guidelines or policies. | 4.A.2.b.4.a |
| Gather financial records. | 4.A.1.a.1.d |
| Testify at legal or legislative proceedings. | 4.A.4.a.3.a |

## Capabilities

| Name | Family | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Economics and Accounting | knowledge | 4.42 |
| Mathematics | knowledge | 4.03 |
| English Language | knowledge | 3.93 |
| Mathematics | essential_skill | 3.88 |
| Critical Thinking | essential_skill | 3.88 |
| Oral Comprehension | ability | 3.88 |
| Written Comprehension | ability | 3.88 |
| Oral Expression | ability | 3.88 |
| Mathematical Reasoning | ability | 3.88 |
| Number Facility | ability | 3.88 |
| Reading Comprehension | essential_skill | 3.75 |
| Active Listening | essential_skill | 3.75 |
| Speaking | essential_skill | 3.75 |
| Complex Problem Solving | transferable_skill | 3.75 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | transferable_skill | 3.75 |
| Problem Sensitivity | ability | 3.75 |
| Deductive Reasoning | ability | 3.75 |
| Information Ordering | ability | 3.75 |
| Administration and Management | knowledge | 3.74 |
| Written Expression | ability | 3.62 |
| Inductive Reasoning | ability | 3.62 |
| Speech Clarity | ability | 3.62 |
| Management of Financial Resources | transferable_skill | 3.38 |
| Administrative | knowledge | 3.38 |
| Near Vision | ability | 3.38 |
| Computers and Electronics | knowledge | 3.36 |
| Active Learning | essential_skill | 3.25 |
| Customer and Personal Service | knowledge | 3.25 |
| Speech Recognition | ability | 3.25 |
| Writing | essential_skill | 3.12 |
| Monitoring | essential_skill | 3.12 |
| Systems Analysis | transferable_skill | 3.12 |
| Category Flexibility | ability | 3.12 |
| Social Perceptiveness | transferable_skill | 3 |
| Systems Evaluation | transferable_skill | 3 |
| Time Management | transferable_skill | 3 |
| Fluency of Ideas | ability | 3 |
| Perceptual Speed | ability | 3 |
| Selective Attention | ability | 3 |
| Law and Government | knowledge | 2.92 |

## Skills

| Name | Type |
| --- | --- |
| Mathematics | Common Skill |
| English Language | Common Skill |
| Critical Thinking | Common Skill |
| Reading Comprehension | Common Skill |
| Information Ordering | Specialized Skill |
| Deductive Reasoning | Common Skill |
| Complex Problem Solving | Common Skill |
| Active Listening | Common Skill |
| Inductive Reasoning | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Word | Common Skill |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Outlook | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Excel | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Access | Specialized Skill |
| Speech Recognition | Specialized Skill |
| Active Learning | Common Skill |
| Writing | Common Skill |
| Systems Analysis | Specialized Skill |
| Time Management | Common Skill |
| Social Perceptiveness | Common Skill |
| Microsoft SharePoint | Specialized Skill |
| Negotiation | Common Skill |
| Instructing | Specialized Skill |
| Learning Strategies | Specialized Skill |
| Visualization | Specialized Skill |
| Statistical Software | Specialized Skill |
| Sage ERP Accpac | Specialized Skill |
| SAP Business One | Specialized Skill |
| Oracle Hyperion | Specialized Skill |
| Microsoft Dynamics GP | Specialized Skill |
| IBM Cognos Business Intelligence | Specialized Skill |
| Hyperion Enterprise | Specialized Skill |
| Graphics Software | Specialized Skill |
| Email Software | Specialized Skill |
| Deltek Costpoint | Specialized Skill |
| Finger Dexterity | Common Skill |
| Psychology | Specialized Skill |
| Depth Perception | Common Skill |
| Telecommunications | Specialized Skill |
| Geography | Specialized Skill |

## Tools

| Example | Category | Hot | In Demand |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft Power BI | Business intelligence and data analysis software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft Word | Word processing software | yes | yes |
| SAP software | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft SharePoint | Document management software | yes | no |
| Microsoft Visual Basic | Development environment software | yes | no |
| Structured query language SQL | Data base user interface and query software | yes | no |
| Adaptive Planning | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | no | no |
| Budget monitoring systems | Financial analysis software | no | no |
| Budgeting, forecasting, and planning software | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | no | no |
| Business Objects Data Integrator | Development environment software | no | no |
| Business performance management BPM software | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | no | no |
| Deltek Costpoint | Accounting software | no | no |
| Email software | Electronic mail software | no | no |
| Everest Software Advanced | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | no | no |
| Extensity MPC | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | no | no |
| Financial reporting software | Financial analysis software | no | no |
| FRx Software Microsoft Forecaster | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | no | no |
| Fund accounting software | Accounting software | no | no |
| Graphics software | Graphics or photo imaging software | no | no |
| Human resources management system HRMS | Human resources software | no | no |
| Hyperion Enterprise | Accounting software | no | no |
| IBM Cognos Business Intelligence | Business intelligence and data analysis software | no | no |
| IBM Cognos Planning | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | no | no |
| Lilly Software Associates VISUAL Enterprise | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | no | no |
| Microsoft Dynamics GP | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | no | no |
| Microsoft FRx | Financial analysis software | no | no |
| Microsoft Visual Basic.NET | Object or component oriented development software | no | no |
| NetSuite NetERP | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | no | no |
| Online analytical processing OLAP software | Data base user interface and query software | no | no |
| Open Systems TRAVERSE | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | no | no |
| Oracle E-Business Suite Financials | Financial analysis software | no | no |
| Oracle Hyperion | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | no | no |
| Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | no | no |
| Oracle PeopleSoft Financials | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | no | no |
| Oracle Performance Management Suites | Financial analysis software | no | no |

## Work Context

| Name | Value |
| --- | --- |
| E-Mail | 5 |
| Spend Time Sitting | 4.82 |
| Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team | 4.68 |
| Telephone Conversations | 4.63 |
| Frequency of Decision Making | 4.6 |
| Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | 4.6 |
| Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | 4.6 |
| Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals | 4.49 |
| Coordinate or Lead Others in Accomplishing Work Activities | 4.45 |
| Contact With Others | 4.42 |
| Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams | 4.33 |
| Time Pressure | 4.26 |
| Freedom to Make Decisions | 4.25 |
| Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | 4.13 |
| Deal With External Customers or the Public in General | 4.08 |
| Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | 4.05 |
| Work Outcomes and Results of Other Workers | 3.87 |
| Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | 3.66 |
| Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | 3.64 |
| Written Letters and Memos | 3.59 |
| Health and Safety of Other Workers | 3.33 |
| Conflict Situations | 3.01 |
| Level of Competition | 2.87 |
| Consequence of Error | 2.8 |
| Exposed to Sounds, Noise Levels that are Distracting or Uncomfortable | 2.6 |
| Dealing With Unpleasant, Angry, or Discourteous People | 2.26 |
| Physical Proximity | 2.19 |
| Public Speaking | 1.86 |
| Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | 1.85 |
| Spend Time Standing | 1.8 |
| Spend Time Bending or Twisting Your Body | 1.78 |
| Spend Time Walking or Running | 1.76 |
| Degree of Automation | 1.57 |
| Exposed to Disease or Infections | 1.37 |
| Outdoors, Exposed to All Weather Conditions | 1.15 |
| Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | 1.14 |
| Exposed to High Places | 1.14 |
| Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling | 1.14 |
| Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance | 1.12 |
| Exposed to Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting Conditions | 1.02 |

## Preparation

- **Job Zone:** 4
- **Job Zone Name:** Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- **Education:** Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
- **Experience:** A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- **Svp Range:** (7.0 to < 8.0)

### Education Distribution

| Label | Percentage |
| --- | --- |
| Bachelor's Degree | 77.48 |
| High School Diploma | 12.57 |
| Master's Degree | 7.59 |
| Some College Courses | 2.37 |

## Person Fit

| Name | Family | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Conventional | career_interest_type | 7 |
| Accounting | specific_interest_area | 6.48 |
| Office Work | specific_interest_area | 5.68 |
| Finance | specific_interest_area | 5.46 |
| Dependability | work_style | 5 |
| Enterprising | career_interest_type | 4.91 |
| Management/Administration | specific_interest_area | 4.18 |
| Attention to Detail | work_style | 4 |
| Investigative | career_interest_type | 3.72 |
| Mathematics/Statistics | specific_interest_area | 3.16 |
| Integrity | work_style | 3 |
| Business Initiatives | specific_interest_area | 2.45 |
| Politics | specific_interest_area | 2.32 |
| Social | career_interest_type | 2.25 |
| Cautiousness | work_style | 2.17 |
| Information Technology | specific_interest_area | 2.08 |

## Related Roles

| Soc Code | Slug | Title | Tier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13-2011.00 | role-13-2011-00 | Accountants and Auditors | Primary-Short |
| 11-3031.01 | role-11-3031-01 | Treasurers and Controllers | Primary-Short |
| 11-3031.00 | role-11-3031-00 | Financial Managers | Primary-Short |
| 13-2041.00 | role-13-2041-00 | Credit Analysts | Primary-Short |
| 13-2052.00 | role-13-2052-00 | Personal Financial Advisors | Primary-Short |
| 13-2061.00 | role-13-2061-00 | Financial Examiners | Primary-Long |
| 13-2081.00 | role-13-2081-00 | Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents | Primary-Long |
| 13-1141.00 | role-13-1141-00 | Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists | Primary-Long |
| 11-3111.00 | role-11-3111-00 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | Primary-Long |
| 11-2033.00 | role-11-2033-00 | Fundraising Managers | Primary-Long |
| 43-3031.00 | role-43-3031-00 | Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | Supplemental |
| 43-3051.00 | role-43-3051-00 | Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | Supplemental |

## Career Clusters

| Cluster | Slug |
| --- | --- |
| Public Service & Safety | public-service-safety |

## Education Level

- **Category:** Bachelor's degree

## Study Programs

| Title | Slug |
| --- | --- |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services | business-management-marketing-and-related-support-services |

## Market

- **Median Wage:** 87930
- **Mean Wage:** 93920
- **Pct10Wage:** 60510
- **Pct25Wage:** 72240
- **Pct75Wage:** 110380
- **Pct90Wage:** 134640
- **Employment:** 47170
- **Area Title:** U.S.

## Industries


### Top

| Naics | Slug | Title | Level | Employment | Median Wage | Lq |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 61 | 61 | Educational Services | Sector | 6500 | 77460 | 1.56 |
| 54 | 54 | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | Sector | 4920 | 98390 | 1.49 |
| 55 | 55 | Management of Companies and Enterprises | Sector | 2640 | 91170 | 3.07 |
| 62 | 62 | Health Care and Social Assistance | Sector | 2080 | 83550 | 0.29 |
| 31-33 | 31-33 | Manufacturing | Sector | 2050 | 93160 | 0.53 |
| 52 | 52 | Finance and Insurance | Sector | 1230 | 85440 | 0.65 |
| 56 | 56 | Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | Sector | 1140 | 85470 | 0.41 |
| 541330 | 541330 | Engineering Services | National industry | 940 | 100860 | 2.66 |
| 51 | 51 | Information | Sector | 570 | 84380 | 0.64 |
| 48-49 | 48-49 | Transportation and Warehousing | Sector | 480 | 95730 | 0.21 |
| 23 | 23 | Construction | Sector | 460 | 80130 | 0.19 |
| 42 | 42 | Wholesale Trade | Sector | 460 | 88350 | 0.25 |

### Concentrated

| Naics | Slug | Title | Level | Employment | Lq |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 541720 | 541720 | Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities | National industry | 150 | 8.07 |
| 55 | 55 | Management of Companies and Enterprises | Sector | 2640 | 3.07 |
| 541330 | 541330 | Engineering Services | National industry | 940 | 2.66 |
| 524114 | 524114 | Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers | National industry | 230 | 1.67 |
| 61 | 61 | Educational Services | Sector | 6500 | 1.56 |
| 54 | 54 | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | Sector | 4920 | 1.49 |
| 22 | 22 | Utilities | Sector | 250 | 1.41 |
| 52 | 52 | Finance and Insurance | Sector | 1230 | 0.65 |
- **Count:** 26

## Ai Signals

| Source | Label | Score | Scale | Release |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| frey_osborne | Computerization probability | 0.94 | 0-1 probability | 2013-baseline-2016-employment-snapshot |
| felten_aioe | AI occupational exposure | 1.502988 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |
| felten_image_generation_aioe | Image generation occupational exposure | 1.326385 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |
| felten_language_modeling_aioe | Language modeling occupational exposure | 1.299968 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |

## Ai Outlook


### Index

- **Value:** 88
- **Percentile:** 93
- **Band:** High
- **Version:** ai-exposure-index-v1

#### Components

| Percentile | Source |
| --- | --- |
| 99 | felten_aioe |
| 88 | openai_gpts_are_gpts |
| 76 | microsoft_working_with_ai |
- **Component Count:** 3

### Exposure

| Source | Label | Value | Percentile | Band | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| felten_aioe | Overall AI exposure (Felten et al.) | 1.502988 | 99 | High | How much this job's abilities overlap with what AI systems can do, across many AI capabilities. A relative research score, not a forecast of job loss. |
| eloundou_gamma | LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou) | 0.96 | 88 | High | Share of this job's tasks where a large language model plus simple tools could cut the time to do them by at least half. γ is capped at 1.0 and many jobs reach that ceiling, so treat a top score as 'in the top group', not a precise rank. |
| microsoft_applicability | AI assistant applicability (Microsoft) | 0.2340858486198604 | 76 | High | How applicable today's AI assistants are to this job's activities, measured from real Microsoft Copilot conversations. Applicability is not the same as replacement. |

### Frey Historical

- **Source:** frey
- **Label:** Computerization probability (Frey & Osborne, 2013)
- **Value:** 0.94
- **Percentile:** 86
- **Band:** High
- **Note:** A pre-LLM (2013) estimate of how automatable this job is by computerization and robotics. Shown for historical context only — it is not part of any current AI ranking.
- **Teleworkable:** yes

### Eloundou

- **Alpha:** 0.08
- **Beta:** 0.52
- **Gamma:** 0.96

### Usage Tasks

| Task | Usage Percent | Importance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Perform cost-benefit analyses to compare operating programs, review financial requests, or explore alternative financing methods. | 0.008627454202597275 | 3.7 |
| Provide advice and technical assistance with cost analysis, fiscal allocation, and budget preparation. | 0.006676006228200272 | 4.35 |
| Compile and analyze accounting records and other data to determine the financial resources required to implement a program. | 0.0034920647962893734 | 4.12 |
| Summarize budgets and submit recommendations for the approval or disapproval of funds requests. | 0.002978525855658583 | 4.07 |
| Seek new ways to improve efficiency and increase profits. | 0.0019514479743970028 | 3.36 |
| Analyze monthly department budgeting and accounting reports to maintain expenditure controls. | 0.0017460323981446867 | 4.37 |
- **Usage Release:** 2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2

### Bls

- **Growth Percent:** 1
- **Growth Percentile:** 31
- **Direction:** About average
- **Annual Openings Thousands:** 3.1
- **Annual Openings Percentile:** 38
- **Employment2024Thousands:** 50.4
- **Employment2034Thousands:** 51

### Sources

| Source | Version |
| --- | --- |
| bls_employment_projections | 2024-2034 |
| dingel_neiman | dingel-neiman-workathome |
| felten_aioe | felten-raj-seamans-aioe |
| frey_osborne | frey-osborne-automation |
| microsoft_working_with_ai | working-with-ai |
| openai_gpts_are_gpts | gpts-are-gpts |

## Ai Playbook

- **Trusted Task Count:** 1
- **Task Count:** 3
- **Total Sample:** 202
- **Autonomy Median:** 4
- **Dominant Collaboration:** task iteration
- **Automation Share:** 9.49
- **Augmentation Share:** 76.58
- **Work Use Percent:** 75.32

### Collaboration

| Label | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| task iteration | 48.73 |
| learning | 27.85 |
| directive | 9.49 |

### Use Case

| Label | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| work | 75.32 |
| personal | 17.72 |

### Delegated Tasks

| Task | Usage Percent | Collaboration | Autonomy Median | Sample Count |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Provide advice and technical assistance with cost analysis, fiscal allocation, and budget preparation. | 0.015801975246905863 | task iteration | 4 | 158 |

### Boundary Tasks

| Task | Human Needed Percent | Sample Count |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Provide advice and technical assistance with cost analysis, fiscal allocation, and budget preparation. | 94.30379746835443 | 158 |

### Seed Prompts

| Prompt | Collaboration |
| --- | --- |
| Let's work through this together, step by step: provide advice and technical assistance with cost analysis, fiscal allocation, and budget preparation. I'll give feedback as we go. | task iteration |
- **Release:** 2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2

## Counts

- **Tasks:** 13
- **Skills:** 50
- **Capabilities:** 120
- **Tools:** 56
- **Related Roles:** 20

## Source

- **Dataset:** gold.onet_role_starter_surface
- **Version:** 30.3
- **Generated At:** 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00
- **Content Hash:** bc53ab6c41512972