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Occupation · 2026 assessment

AI Policy Analyst

Emerging role

An emerging specialist who combines domain expertise with technology in AI governance and regulation. The role focuses on framing tasks, validating outputs, managing risk and taking responsibility for deployment in the real world.

Why this role is emerging: An emerging role at the intersection of AI governance and regulation. It is developing as organizations deploy AI, autonomous systems and robotics; the scope will evolve with practice and regulation.
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How risk may change

A forecast estimate, not a guaranteed scenario.

16%2026
23%2028
31%2030
41%2035

Which tasks are exposed

Risk applies to individual tasks—not to a person or an entire occupation.

TaskRisk
Cleaning, joining and preparing data40%
Creating standard reports and visualizations38%
Forming conclusions and checking causality10%
Receiving and classifying applications and documents40%
Preparing standard responses and certificates40%
Checking compliance with formal requirements37%
Analyzing indicators and resource allocation30%
Working with citizens and conflicting interests3%

Task map

AI replaces ↔ AI augments

Each task is positioned by AI capability and the degree of human involvement still required.

  1. 1Cleaning, joining and preparing dataAI 40% · human 75%
  2. 2Creating standard reports and visualizationsAI 38% · human 76%
  3. 3Forming conclusions and checking causalityAI 10% · human 93%
  4. 4Receiving and classifying applications and documentsAI 40% · human 86%
  5. 5Preparing standard responses and certificatesAI 40% · human 80%
  6. 6Checking compliance with formal requirementsAI 37% · human 76%
  7. 7Analyzing indicators and resource allocationAI 30% · human 79%
  8. 8Working with citizens and conflicting interestsAI 3% · human 94%

Why technology can change this work

  • tools automate data preparation, experiments and parts of modelling
  • AI automatically drafts analyses, finds correlations and explains standard deviations
  • applications, registers and interagency documents are becoming digital
  • standard requests and checks follow formal rules
  • AI helps detect issues and draft decisions

What protects the occupation

  • choosing the right objective, data and model-quality criteria
  • choosing the right question and checking causality rather than correlation alone
  • a large share of value comes from human judgement, trust or personal accountability
  • public authority and personal accountability
  • balancing citizen and organizational interests
  • political, social and legal consequences

United States · before tax

Average pay and outlook

Estimated nominal monthly pay. The scenario reflects sector, demand and task resilience; it is not a guarantee of income.

2026$7 750per month
2035$12 050scenario estimate
2026: $7 75020262027: $8 15020272028: $8 55020282029: $9 00020292030: $9 45020302031: $9 90020312032: $10 40020322033: $10 90020332034: $11 45020342035: $12 0502035
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Job search and transitions

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Skills you already have

  • data work
  • hypothesis testing
  • model-quality evaluation
  • analytical question framing
  • metric interpretation
  • regulatory process understanding

Skills to build

  • AI-system evaluation
  • model-behavior monitoring
  • AI governance
  • SQL and data preparation
  • visualization and forecasting
  • public data governance
CurrentAI Policy Analyst · 16%
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Sources and update

Updated: 2026-09-25 · Assessment confidence: Low

International Labour Organization · 2025Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure

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World Economic Forum · 2025The Future of Jobs Report 2025

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O*NET Resource Center · 2026O*NET Database

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