# Will AI replace business jobs? Updated October 2026 Business continuity planners score 58 of 100 for AI exposure. The largest share of their task time, 81%, is work AI speeds up while they stay in charge. AI can take over 15% outright, and 4% stays with people. - **15%** AI can do it - **81%** AI helps - **4%** Needs a person High exposure Higher than 88% of the 923 occupations we scored. ## Task by task We graded 21 tasks, listed here from most to least exposed. AI can do 3 of them today, speeds up 17 and leaves 1 to people. | Task | AI exposure | | --- | --- | | Write reports to summarize testing activities, including descriptions of goals, planning, scheduling, execution, results, analysis, conclusions, and recommendations. Reports from test notes are highly suited to AI drafting. | 78% AI can do it | | Prepare reports summarizing operational results, financial performance, or accomplishments of specified objectives, goals, or plans. Summarizing metrics into reports is well suited to AI. | 72% AI can do it | | Create or administer training and awareness presentations or materials. AI drafts slides, quizzes, and materials; delivery stays human. | 70% AI can do it | | Review existing disaster recovery, crisis management, or business continuity plans. AI reviews plan gaps against standards; adequacy calls stay human. | 59% AI helps | | Create scenarios to reestablish operations from various types of business disruptions. AI can generate varied disruption scenarios; domain input shapes realism. | 57% AI helps | [See what AI can take on across a legal and compliance team](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-for/legal-and-compliance/) ## How business continuity planners compare All occupations (923) Business and financial operations (48) **Business continuity planners score 58**, marked by the dark line. Each dot is a score, darker where more occupations share it. The short marks show the averages, 37 for all occupations and 55 for business and financial operations. ## Pay and outlook in the US Median pay $83,050 a year, May 2025 People employed 271,772 in the US, May 2025 Projected change in jobs +3.9% from 2024 to 2034 ## Skills to build - Build business impact analyses and risk assessments in Microsoft Excel - Run live disaster recovery tests with IT systems and staff - Coordinate live recovery operations after a disruption event - Track remediation tasks and owners in ServiceNow or JIRA - Hold the Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) credential ## Safer roles nearby 5 related occupations with lower scores. - [Emergency management directors46 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/emergency-management-directors/) - [Project managers53 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/project-managers/) - [Information technology project managers56 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/information-technology-project-managers/) - [Compliance managers52 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/compliance-managers/) - [Security management specialists49 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/security-management-specialists/) ## Questions about business continuity planners and AI Will business jobs be replaced by AI? Partly. About 5 in 10 working hours go to tasks AI can already do, mostly drafting test summary reports and operational results reports. What stays with people is running live tests, judging whether plans are adequate, and coordinating recovery when a disruption hits. Will AI take over business jobs? AI can already do 15% of the task time in business and speeds up another 81%. People still do 4% of it. The US has 271,772 business continuity planner jobs, with a projected change of +3.9% from 2024 to 2034. Which tasks is AI taking over for business continuity planners? The writing around testing goes first. AI can draft test summary reports (exposure 78) from test notes, since goals, results, and conclusions follow a set structure. It also drafts operational results reports (exposure 72) from metrics, and training slides and quizzes (exposure 70). Which tasks stay with business continuity planners? Live coordination and live testing stay with people. Overseeing contingency plan integration and operation (exposure 27) depends on people making urgent calls during a disruption. Testing documented disaster recovery plans (exposure 30) needs real systems and staff, so AI only helps with preparation. How can business continuity planners stay valuable? Take responsibility for the live tests and the recovery coordination, where AI adds the least. Use AI to draft test reports in Word and training decks in PowerPoint, then spend the saved time on plan adequacy calls and recommendations. Build continuity budgets in Excel and defend them with stakeholders yourself. ## Related jobs - [Financial risk specialists60 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/financial-risk-specialists/) - [Cybersecurity analysts60 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/cybersecurity-analysts/) - [Data analysts65 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/data-analysts/) - [Management consultants55 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/management-consultants/) ## Next steps for business continuity planners - ### Check your job Your job title is a rough guide. Your actual tasks decide your score. Paste your job description or CV and see which of your tasks AI can do. [Check your job](https://www.aigentcy.com/tools/ai-exposure-checker/) [Check your CV](https://www.aigentcy.com/tools/cv-checker/) ### Check which roles in your team AI can take on We map your team's tasks, show what AI can do today and build the automations that pay back first. 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