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Business and Financial Operations Occupations
Across the 31 of this group's 32 occupations with published Colorado employment, 264,100 Coloradans work in business and financial operations occupations (one more occupation has no published Colorado estimate, so the true total is somewhat higher). Weighted by those published jobs, the group's mean exposure score is 52.3 of 100, and 85.8% of the jobs are in occupations where most or a large minority of tasks overlap with AI capabilities assessed in 2023.
Business Operations Specialists, All Other; Accountants and Auditors; Project Management Specialists — the largest of this group's 32 occupations in Colorado.
Every statewide figure on this page is computed directly on published BLS OEWS Colorado state data — a different basis from the county estimates elsewhere on this site, which model occupation mixes from industry mix. The one county table below is labeled accordingly.
- Published CO employment
- 264,100 across 31 of 32 occupations · OEWS 2025
- Employment-weighted mean score
- 52.3 0–100 scale · published statewide data only
- High + substantial share
- 85.8% of the group's published jobs · score ≥ 45 of 100
- CO median wages
- $57,130–$120,300 range across the 31 occupations with published medians · annual, 2025
Plate I
Tier mix within the group
How this group's 32 occupations — and its 264,100 published Colorado jobs — split across the four task-overlap tiers (cuts at 60/45/30 on the 0–100 score scale).
| Tier | Occupations | Published CO jobs | Share of published jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| high overlap | 6 | 13,770 | 5.2% |
| substantial overlap | 21 | 212,740 | 80.6% |
| some overlap | 4 | 37,590 | 14.2% |
| little overlap | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
Plate II
The ten largest occupations in this group
| Occupation | Tier | Score | CO jobs | CO median wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Operations Specialists, All Other | substantial overlap | 53.8 | 45,670 | $92,520 |
| Accountants and Auditors | substantial overlap | 52.0 | 35,410 | $97,030 |
| Project Management Specialists | some overlap | 40.0 | 32,390 | $110,050 |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | substantial overlap | 54.3 | 27,880 | $93,050 |
| Human Resources Specialists | substantial overlap | 58.9 | 19,450 | $80,840 |
| Management Analysts | substantial overlap | 50.0 | 14,360 | $104,750 |
| Training and Development Specialists | substantial overlap | 59.2 | 12,100 | $75,790 |
| Buyers and Purchasing Agents | substantial overlap | 52.7 | 10,080 | $83,590 |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | substantial overlap | 50.0 | 8,040 | $103,850 |
| Compliance Officers | substantial overlap | 52.7 | 7,740 | $82,450 |
Plate III
Where this work concentrates
The six counties where this group is the largest share of local jobs. These county figures are estimates — modeled from each county's industry mix, not published counts (how county estimates are built) — and a share of a small county's job base can rank above a metro county's much larger absolute employment.
| County | Est. share of county jobs | Est. group jobs | Data quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broomfield | 9.1% | 3,707 | Partially imputed estimate |
| Denver | 8.8% | 49,292 | Full |
| Douglas | 8.4% | 12,561 | Full |
| Arapahoe | 8.2% | 27,869 | Full |
| Boulder | 7.7% | 14,744 | Full |
| Crowley | 7.4% | 83 | Heavily imputed estimate |