Jobs
52 predictions spanning 2026-2116
2026
2027
- AI replaces human software engineers at a leading lab
- AI does 25% of remote-work jobs
- AI displaces half of entry-level white-collar jobs
- Programming hiring nearly stops
- Labor-market churn reaches 23% by 2027
- Machines perform 42% of business tasks by 2027
- Most human AI researchers stop contributing much
- AI agents become drop-in remote workers
- Administrative roles lose 26 million jobs by 2027
- AI and big-data roles grow 30-35% by 2027
- AI and machine-learning specialists become the fastest-growing role by 2027
- Net employment falls by 14 million jobs
- Six in 10 workers need training by 2027
- Workers face 44% skill disruption by 2027
- AI and big data become a major training priority by 2027
2028
2029
2030
- Coding is fully automated with 60% odds by 2030
- Humans alone perform 33% of work tasks by 2030
- Labor-market churn reaches 22% of jobs by 2030
- Rapid AI progress pushes participation to 59.3% by 2030
- 39% of worker core skills change by 2030
- 41% of employers downsize where AI replicates work
- 92 million jobs displaced by 2030
- AI creates 11 million jobs, displaces 9 million
- Net 78 million jobs added by 2030
- AI cuts cognitive employment 4%
- Workers displaced by AI take eight months to find new jobs
- Clerical and machine-operator employment declines by 2030
- U.S. labor force participation falls to 61% by 2030
- 11 in 100 workers miss the retraining they need
- 77% of employers reskill workers to work alongside AI
- AI and big data become the fastest-growing skill
- Big Data Specialists become the fastest-growing job by 2030
- Graphic designers and legal secretaries enter job decline
- Postal clerks and bank tellers decline fastest by 2030
- Robots displace a net 5 million jobs by 2030