Jobs at Risk: US Employment in the New Age of Automation | Sessions

Recent advances in AI have fueled a new wave of concern regarding the exposure of workers to automation and potential displacement risk. In this session, we share findings from ongoing SHRM research which explores automation risk in the US workforce. By identifying the degree to which individual occupations are already automated, we estimate the share of current US employment that faces high to very high risk of automation displacement, both overall and by major occupational group and industry.

Learning Outcome 1: Attendees will gain knowledge about the current distribution of workers across occupations in the U.S. workforce.

Learning Outcome 2: Attendees will gain a broad sense of the set of current jobs that are especially susceptible to automation displacement, as well as the level of exposure faced by workers in specific occupational groups and industries.

Learning Outcome 3: Attendees will gain knowledge about the degree to which individual occupations are already automated, including significant variation of automation level within individual occupations.