Goldman: workers displaced from AI-exposed jobs since 2025 take about a month longer to find work
Key points
- Workers displaced from AI-exposed jobs took about a month longer to find new work
- They were roughly 10 percentage points likelier to be unemployed a year later
- Workers 35+ took about five weeks longer, versus three weeks for younger workers
- Through September, 120,136 AI-cited job cuts were counted
A Goldman Sachs report published Thursday, by economist Pierfrancesco Mei, found that workers displaced from AI-exposed jobs since 2025 took about a month longer to find a new job than other displaced workers. They were roughly 10 percentage points likelier to be unemployed a year later. Workers 35 and older took about five weeks longer, versus about three weeks for younger workers. Challenger, Gray & Christmas counted 120,136 job cuts through September that employers cited AI as a reason for.
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