Employment
📊 AI has created a million new jobs in the US
AI has so far created around one million new jobs in the US, roughly five times more than the approximately 200,000 layoffs linked to the technology. Several occupations singled out as particularly exposed are growing instead. The number of paralegals rose by about 11 percent between 2023 and 2025.
📊 Payroll data from millions of Americans: no rise in unemployment due to AI
Since generative AI reached widespread use, many have warned that the technology would wipe out jobs on a large scale. Researchers at Stanford have analyzed payroll records for millions of Americans. Employment has grown by about 6% since late 2022, including in the occupations most exposed to AI.
👨💻 Office workers earn more and grow in numbers despite AI warnings
The number of white-collar jobs in the US has increased by approximately 3 million since ChatGPT launched in late 2022. Occupations combining technical expertise with coordination and judgment have grown the most, while purely routine work is declining.
👩🏭 EU reaches lowest unemployment level in decades
EU unemployment has dropped from 11.3 percent in 2013 to 6 percent in 2023, the lowest level in several decades.