Loan Officers

High Risk
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Vote Comments (15)
AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
79%
(High Risk)
POLLING
62%
(High Risk, Based on 300 votes)
Average: 70%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
1.4%
by year 2033
WAGES
$69,990
or $33.65 per hour
Volume
321,090
as of 2023
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JOB SCORE
3.9/10
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We rate jobs using four factors. These are:

- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

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Calculated automation risk

79% (High Risk)

High Risk (61-80%): Jobs in this category face a significant threat from automation, as many of their tasks can be easily automated using current or near-future technologies.

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Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Social Perceptiveness

User poll

62% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted that it's probable this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 79% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Loan Officers will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

Sentiment

The following graph is shown where there are enough votes to produce meaningful data. It displays user poll results over time, providing a clear indication of sentiment trends.

Sentiment over time (yearly)

Growth

Slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Loan Officers' job openings is expected to rise 1.4% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Wages

High paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Loan Officers' was 69.990 $, or 34 $ per hour

'Loan Officers' were paid 45.6% higher than the national median wage, which stood at 48.060 $

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Significantly greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 321,090 people employed as 'Loan Officers' within the United States.

This represents around 0.21% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 472 people are employed as 'Loan Officers'.

Job description

Evaluate, authorize, or recommend approval of commercial, real estate, or credit loans. Advise borrowers on financial status and payment methods. Includes mortgage loan officers and agents, collection analysts, loan servicing officers, loan underwriters, and payday loan officers.

SOC Code: 13-2072.00

Comments (15)

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Grant Zabielski
18 Feb 2024 00:34
Extremely likely. AI could do every task I do within a loan right now. Not in the future, right now. Every scenario can currently be programmed in with a flow chart. Once AI evolves to generative AI, it’s over. Scenarios won’t even have to be programmed in. AI will be a better loan officer than I have ever been and could ever be, and their customer service will be impeccable.
Parul (Highly likely)
08 Aug 2023 19:02
I think in this AI World. Mobiles and application loan are more easy to access or operate so thats why our executive filed is likely to be tougher
JY (Low)
30 Aug 2022 11:18
Due dilligence is needed, especially prevention of money laundering and terrorism.
jh
22 Dec 2023 19:51
that's what the fraud dept is for
Ed (Low)
05 Jul 2022 23:49
Not every loan is clear-cut. A computer can't figure it out.
Brian L
06 Jan 2022 21:06
There will be fewer and fewer loan officers until there won't be any. This process will take years, but there is no doubt that it is a declining role. The next generation of homebuyers doesn't care about working with a person; they prefer apps. Systems will streamline the process of application and verifications of income, deposit, and residence so that very little to nothing needs to be done by humans.
Chris
23 Apr 2021 17:35
Everyone talking about the social aspect of things in the comments as they all have a bias perception. Social interaction may be good for business (which I understand), but from the customer viewpoint, they just want the product and service going through the path of least resistance. No customer wants to socially interact. Robots will give the customer what they want, quicker and with less hassle. Be prepared to adapt.
MSTE (Highly likely)
01 Mar 2021 07:52
I design and develop loan origination and underwriting systems :)
G (No chance)
09 Jan 2021 19:10
There are way too many moving part the life of a loan. People prefer an advisor in such a complex process. Plus, the mortgage industry is a regulatory minefield. The mortgage technology companies that have cropped up in the past 20 years have face lawsuits and have gone out of business. However, technology skills will play an ever greater role in a loan officer's career. To put this career as highly at risk is unrealistic.
Brian (Highly likely)
21 Nov 2020 00:50
All you people who believe that mortgages are too complicated to have a robot doing it are in denial. Any logic that you can dream up can be programmed into a computer. As interest rates continue to decrease everyone in the process is having their margins squeezed. That means companies will look for cheaper ways to do things i.e. robots. Robots can handle way more volume than a human as well.
Paul George (Uncertain)
06 Feb 2020 15:17
Face to face interaction will always be wanted unless we are looking 100 years into the future where every ones perception of social interaction has been skewed due to social media.
Max (No chance)
19 Jan 2020 00:51
Not possible. No way for a robot to perform every aspect of the job. Evaluating the viability of a business plan and the likelihood of the applicants to deliver takes a human like myself.
Al C. (Uncertain)
26 Dec 2019 21:18
There is no way for a Mortgage Loan Officer to go away anytime soon. A Mortgage is to complicated to not have an actual person walk some one through the process from start to finish. Automation is great to bring in customers but not to complete the transaction together.
Joe (No chance)
10 Jul 2019 21:02
There is a large social aspect associated with the job. In addition, there are a lot of legal and other various parts of the job that are hard to automate.
Matt (No chance)
15 Apr 2019 12:21
There is no entry for a mortgage loan officer. Consumer loan officers like credit card or unsecured debt peddlers might be automated. In a lot of regards they already are. But if you're going to say that mortgage lending is going away just look at quicken mortgage. Their model is the future.
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