Snapshot
- Artificial intelligence and automation are expected to significantly reduce demand for 12 professions with a drop of up to 34.4% in the period 2025–2035.
- The affected professions are paid below the national median wage and include typists, telephone operators, telesellers and manual construction workers.
- The use of 3D printers and automated processes reduces demand for traditional tasks, such as molding and text processing.
- Employment in the US is projected to increase by 3.5% overall, with significant opportunities in the area of health care and social assistance due to ageing of the population.
- At the same time, a reduction in positions in administrative functions, retail and government sectors is expected, while growth will focus on professions on artificial intelligence and energy.
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New forecasts from the US Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) They record the most important changes in employment for the period 2025 – 2035, as automation and artificial intelligence are expected to reduce demand for a number of professions.
The jobs text processors and typists are expected to record the largest percentage drop, 34%. This is one of the 206 professions in which the BLS describes as those with «very high» Exposure to artificial intelligence.
According to the forecasts, 12 professions expected to record greater percentage reduction of employment are not, as a rule, highly paid. Most workers in these were paid in 2025 with less than the national median annual salary of $50,980.
Employment of workers in the manufacture of molds and foundry cores, as well as manufacturers of metal and plastic standards, is also expected to decrease· One of the reasons is the possibility of businesses using now three-dimensional printers.
For the Text editors and Typewriters, the BLS Notes that other executives are now undertaking these tasks; «traditional typing methods continue to be replaced by automated processes through the use of learning engineering technologies (ML)».
Changes in demand are also expected for telesellers and workers who place support in underground mines, although for different reasons.
In the case of telesellers, BLS Notes that their rate is decreasing as the register widens Do Not Call of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and businesses are increasingly turning to alternative methods of digital marketing.
For the workers The underground mines, the reduction is linked to the growing preference of firms for surface mining rather than underground mining.
Overall, the Employment THE United States It is expected to increase by 3.5% in the period 2025-2035, compared with an increase of 10.9% in the previous decade. At the same time, certain professions are expected to be strengthened due to the growing needs of an ageing population.
THE Industry The private healthcare and Social assistance It is expected to offer significant employment opportunities, as it is estimated to account for 37% of the 5.9 million new jobs planned to be created in the United States.
The aging The Population and increasing frequency of chronic diseases, such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes, are expected to create millions of jobs in the health and social care sectors over the next decade, according to the new government data on the labour market.
Employment in this sector is projected to increase by 9.5%, adding 2.2 million jobs from 2025 to 2035. According to the labour ministry estimates, the industry will represent about 37% of all new jobs in the United States during the respective period.
The fastest growing branch of the American economy over the next decade is expected to be general interest enterprises, due to the growing demand for energy required to feed artificial intelligence systems. The Labour Ministry predicts growth in the industry by 9.8% by 2035. However, due to its relatively small size, the increase is estimated to translate to just 58,800 new jobs within a decade.
The growing demand for systems and «tools» based on artificial intelligence, as well as for research and development in the rapidly developing sector, it is also expected to create nearly 927,000 jobs in the professional, scientific and technical services sector.
«Many of these nearly 1 million jobs are linked to demand for AI. These are software developers, consultants and engineers.», stressed Breyon Williams, chief economist for the labour market in Groundwork Collaborative, one Think tank dealing with economic issues and policies, speaking to CBS.
At the same time, however, the growing demand for artificial intelligence it is expected to strengthen employment in certain sectors, it is estimated to limit demand for positions in administrative functions and in retail trade, including.
«It is not surprising that 752,000 administrative posts, such as office employees, customer service representatives and secretaries, are planned to disappear within the next 10 years», Williams said, commenting on the labour ministry's predictions.
«The image is bitt. There are gains from demand for artificial intelligence, combined with losses in areas where it is not surprising that we expect a reduction».
The Ministry of Labour notes also that its use AI could limit demand for certain professions in the fields of arts, design, entertainment, sport and the media. At the same time, jobs in the United States federal government are expected to decrease by 3.4% in the period 2025 – 2035.
The list of professions:
- Text processors and typists: –34,4%.
- Operators: –27,6%.
- Operators of telephone centres and telephone services: –26%.
- Data entry officials: –25,5%.
- Workers in foundry moulds and cores: –23%.
- Manufacturers of metal and plastic standards: –22,8%.
- Telesellers: –21,4%.
- Εργαζόμενοι σε χειροκίνητη λείανση και στίλβωση: –19,2%.
- Εργαζόμενοι στερέωσης οροφών σε υπόγεια ορυχεία: –18,9%.
- Εργαζόμενοι σε χειροκίνητη κοπή και κατεργασία: –18,9%.
- Εργαζόμενοι σε βιβλιοδεσία και τελική επεξεργασία εντύπων: –17,5%.
- Υπάλληλοι παραγγελιών: –17,5%.
