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Will AI replace systems analysts?
Much of the work, but not all of it. AI could take on about 70% of the working time in a typical systems analyst job today. The other 30% still needs a person.
21 responsibilities · a typical systems analyst job
30% of the work still needs a person.
Evidence range: 54 to 70%. It runs between what has been measured or rated for each responsibility and our figure, which also follows industry-wide research.
Median pay $105,850 a year in the U.S. (BLS, May 2025).
Still needs a person
- Interview and observe workers for requirements
AI can do or help with
- Help staff fix computer problems AI helps
- Fix system and program failures AI can do it
- Test, monitor, and install systems AI helps
- Build with modern languages and tools AI helps
- Solve business problems with computer analysis AI helps
- Find and fix code problems from reports 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 21, with the reason for each and the cost of handing them to AI.
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Questions people ask
Will AI replace systems analysts?
Much of the work, but not all of it. AI could take on about 70% of the working time in a typical systems analyst job today. The other 30% 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: help staff fix computer problems, fix system and program failures, test, monitor, and install systems, build with modern languages and tools, solve business problems with computer analysis, find and fix code problems from reports.
Which parts still need a person?
The biggest ones: interview and observe workers for requirements.
How is this measured?
The U.S. Department of Labor lists 22 responsibilities for this job (O*NET 31.0), and the split covers the 21 people in it do today. 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 54 to 70%. It runs between what has been measured or rated for each responsibility and our figure, which also follows industry-wide research. Scores version 0.6.2, updated October 2, 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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