More Americans are worried that technology could make their jobs obsolete in the near future, compared to two years ago, according to a new survey.
The Gallup poll found that 22 percent of U.S. workers have a fear of their jobs becoming obsolete soon due to technology, which is up 7 points since 2021. Concerns among college graduates have jumped the most, from 8 percent to 20 percent in the last two years.
Among those without a college degree, 24 percent said they are worried, virtually unchanged from the earlier polling, Gallup found.
As a result, those with a college degree and without one now have roughly equal levels of concern. In the past, those without a college degree were much more likely to be concerned that technology could render their jobs useless.
Pollsters noted the fear has increased among younger workers and those making under $100,000 in the new survey. Both men and women reported similar levels of concern over their jobs.
While workers are still concerned that technology like artificial intelligence could take over their jobs, their top concern is losing their benefits, according to the poll. This concern was reported by 31 percent of respondents.
Almost a quarter of those surveyed — 24 percent — said they worried about having their wages. cut.
Being replaced by technology was the third on the list of concerns, followed by 20 percent being concerned about layoffs and 19 percent worried their hours will be cut back. The least-reported concern among workers was being relocated overseas, the poll found.
The poll was conducted between Aug. 1-Aug. 23 among 491 adults who are employed part-time or full-time and its margin of error is 5 percentage points.
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