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Will AI replace stockbrokers?

Part of the work, not the whole job. AI could take on about 55% of the working time in a typical stockbroker job today. The other 45% still needs a person.

30 responsibilities · a typical stockbroker job

45% of the work still needs a person.

Still needs a person: 45% of the timeAI could take on: 55%

Evidence range: 41 to 55%. It runs between what has been measured or rated for each responsibility and our figure, which also follows industry-wide research.

Median pay $78,660 a year in the U.S. (BLS, May 2025).

Still needs a person

  • Agree on optimal trade prices
  • Supervise support staff and contracts
  • Assess client needs and propose services

AI can do or help with

  • Monitor markets and positions AI can do it
  • Make bids to buy or sell AI helps
  • Buy and sell securities for firms AI helps
  • Report trading positions and results AI can do it
  • Find new securities trading opportunities AI helps
  • Keep accurate transaction records AI can do it

The biggest responsibilities of each kind. "AI helps" means AI takes on part of the work, or most of it with a person checking what it produces. See all 30, with the reason for each and the cost of handing them to AI.

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Questions people ask

Will AI replace stockbrokers?

Part of the work, not the whole job. AI could take on about 55% of the working time in a typical stockbroker job today. The other 45% still needs a person. That is a split of the work, not a forecast of jobs lost.

Which parts of the job can AI do?

The biggest ones AI can do or help with: monitor markets and positions, make bids to buy or sell, buy and sell securities for firms, report trading positions and results, find new securities trading opportunities, keep accurate transaction records.

Which parts still need a person?

The biggest ones: agree on optimal trade prices, supervise support staff and contracts, assess client needs and propose services.

How is this measured?

The U.S. Department of Labor lists 30 responsibilities for this job (O*NET 31.0). Each is scored on 4 questions: can AI do it, does it get it right, must a person sign for it, and do people need to deal with a real person. The split is weighted by how much of the job each responsibility takes up. The evidence range is 41 to 55%. It runs between what has been measured or rated for each responsibility and our figure, which also follows industry-wide research. Scores version 0.6.5, updated October 7, 2026.

Responsibilities from O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor). Pay from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025. Scores are calibrated to published research and updated every month. How it works.

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