Actuary
| Median wage (USD) | 130000 |
|---|---|
| Projected employment growth (%) | 9 |
| AI exposure (%) | 54 |
| Maximum exposure (%) | 85 |
| Source | eloundou |
| What AI changes in this occupation | Table building and data analysis are automated Pricing and plan valuation are AI-assisted Professional judgment, sign-off and communication with executives remain the core of the job |
| Key skills | Actuarial modeling · statistical analysis · communication |
| Courses to get ahead | Python and Statistics for Financial Analysis · Coursera · 4 sem. · 90 · You keep control of the analyses and models AI accelerates: you own the data, not the other way round. GenAI for Financial Data Analysis · Coursera · 2 sem. · 88 · You direct AI on analysis and report generation, then validate its outputs before deciding. Financial Engineering and Risk Management (Columbia) · Coursera · 12 sem. · 86 · You build the risk and pricing models instead of letting AI alone judge whether a plan is sound. GenAI for Predictive Analytics · Coursera · 2 sem. · 84 Machine Learning · DeepLearning.AI · 8 sem. · 82 Probability for Actuaries: Continuous Distributions · edX · 8 sem. · 80 |
| Occupations to pivot toward | Financial Analyst · 101350 · 6 · 50 Data Scientist · 112590 · 34 · 59 Financial Manager · 161700 · 15 · 43 |
| Skills to acquire for the pivot | Data programming (Python, R, SQL) Predictive modeling and machine learning Overseeing generative AI outputs |
| GPT-4 exposure — beta / zeta (%) | 50 · 100 |