On average 56 minutes a day, or 18 hours a month, according to the 2025 State of AI in Accounting Report by Karbon. Who’s working just 18 days a month? Good for them.
Karbon said:
On average, accounting professionals save 56 minutes a day (a potential of 18 hours a month) with AI, with over a third (38%) of this time spent on communication tasks like drafting emails and managing correspondence. Role, geography, firm size, and services offered did not have a significant bearing on the amount of time an employee can save. But skill level did, with advanced users saving 71% more daily minutes than beginners.
Ironically, the page prior to this excerpt in the report quotes a manager in the UK who said this about AI: “AI is the tool we will use to complete the mundane, boring, repetitive ‘monkey’ tasks, which will in turn allow us to focus on more complex and fulfilling tasks. Human relationships might even be positively impacted by this as there will be more time for human interaction.”
AI: *creates communications for humans to send to other humans*
Some more figures on time savings ahead:
When firms invest in AI-focused education and training, they save a daily average of 66 minutes per employee—22% more than those that don’t. That’s a difference of 40 hours annually. Despite this, 57% of firms offer no AI training, while only 37% actively offer or are developing educational resources related to AI.
Firms at ground zero—with no AI or AI training—are losing almost 7 weeks a year to their AI-progressive competitors.
There’s a ton more in the report, take a look below and run it through your nearest AI friend for a summary.
The State of AI in Accounting Report 2025 [Karbon]
