Automation Could Displace 800 Million Workers Worldwide By 2030.
A coming wave of job automation could force between 400 million and 800 million people worldwide out of a job in the next 13 years, according to a new study.
A report released this week from the research arm of the consulting firm McKinsey & Company forecasts scenarios in which 3 percent to 14 percent of workers around the world — in 75 million to 375 million jobs — will have to acquire new skills and switch occupations by 2030.
"There are few precedents" to the challenge of retraining hundreds of millions of workers in the middle of their careers, the report's authors say.
The impact will vary between countries, depending on their wealth and types of jobs that currently exist in each. In 60 percent of jobs worldwide, "at least one-third of the constituent activities could be automated," McKinsey says, which would mean a big change in what people do day-to-day.
McKinsey looked at 46 countries and more than 800 different jobs in its research.
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10 years or more, or who has kids that are going to be entering the workforce should take a look at the details of this study and a similar 2013 study by researchers at Oxford U ("The Future of Employment"
to see what careers are likely to be impacted.
