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· 15 minute read · Data analysis · Labour markets
Are tech workers cooked?What seven years of data say about AI and tech jobs
Tech employment in the United States has been falling for almost four years while the rest of the economy kept adding jobs. The easy explanation is AI. Seven years of data from the US, Europe, India and China tell a more precise story: interest rates started the decline, AI is why the recovery never came, and the cost is landing on the youngest workers in every market we can measure.
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- 12.1%fall in US information sector jobs since the November 2022 peak
- 71%of the rebound in US software developer postings went to senior roles
- 3 to 4×youth unemployment versus the headline rate in the US, India and China
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