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Automation is Still a Risk to Jobs

Despite an increasing focus on how AI can be used to augment human jobs, the reality is still that many roles are at risk of automation, as recent data by the UK’s Office for National Statistics shows

Most people’s main jobs are at medium risk of automation

Low risk

27.7%

Medium risk

64.9%

high risk

7.4%

Age is also a factor to automation risk

age

high risk

medium risk

low risk

20-24

15.7%

75.8%

8.5%

25-29

8.9%

68.7%

22.4%

30-34

4.7%

63.1%

32.3%

35-39

1.3%

55.7%

43.0%

40-44

2.5%

57.7%

39.7%

45-49

5.1%

65.8%

29.1%

50-54

2.6%

65.7%

31.8%

55-59

5.9%

70.7%

23.4%

60-65

7.7%

73.2%

19.0%

But education remains the most defining factor

Qualification

Lower than GCSE

A Level or GCSE

Higher education

Degree

Low risk

0.2%

5.3%

7.5%

87.0%

Medium risk

13.6%

57.5%

9.9%

18.9%

High risk

39.0%

59.8%

1.2%

0.0%

Source: Annual Survey Population, UK Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) and Frey and Osborne

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