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What AI is doing to your job, measured, not guessed.
Every number on this page carries its source and year. The Australian figures come first, then the strongest global evidence. Read the article, look at the picture, then measure yourself.
Jobs · Australia · 7 min read
Will AI take my job? What the Australian numbers actually say.
The honest answer is that AI takes tasks before it takes jobs, and in Australia the tasks it can take are a small minority. Here is the evidence, and what to do with it.Pay56%The average wage premium for workers with AI skills is 56%, up from 25% the year before.Source · PwC, Global AI Jobs Barometer, 2025, 2025Entry level19% belowEmployment of 22 to 25 year olds in the most AI-exposed US occupations was 19% below trend by June 2026.Source · Stanford Digital Economy Lab, Canaries in the Coal Mine, Aug 2026 update, 2026Where Australian workers sitMost jobs will be changed by AI. Few will be replaced by it.The entry-level squeezeYoung workers in AI-exposed jobs are being hired less, not fired more.Skills · Pay · 6 min readThe 56% premium: the skills that are being paid for right now.AI skills carried a 56% wage premium in 2025, double the year before. But the fastest growing skills list is half human. Here is how to read both.Growth · Entry level · 6 min readStarting out in the AI era: the entry-level squeeze and how to get around it.Young workers in the most AI-exposed jobs are being hired less. The same research shows the least experienced workers gain the most from using AI well. Both things are true. Use the second one.Statistics library
Nine numbers, nine sources.
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Exposure · Australia79%79% of Australia's workforce is in occupations with low automation exposure to generative AI.Source · Jobs and Skills Australia, Our Gen AI Transition, 2025, 2025Exposure · Australia4%4% of the workforce sits in high automation exposure occupations, concentrated in clerical and administrative roles.Source · Jobs and Skills Australia, Our Gen AI Transition, 2025, 2025Augmentation · Australia31%31% of the workforce has high augmentation exposure: managers, engineers, health professionals and educators.Source · Jobs and Skills Australia, Our Gen AI Transition, 2025, 2025Pay56%The average wage premium for workers with AI skills is 56%, up from 25% the year before.Source · PwC, Global AI Jobs Barometer, 2025, 2025Skills66% fasterRequired skills are changing 66% faster in AI-exposed jobs than in less exposed jobs.Source · PwC, Global AI Jobs Barometer, 2025, 2025Skills39%39% of workers' core skills are expected to change by 2030.Source · World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report, Jan 2025, 2025Entry level19% belowEmployment of 22 to 25 year olds in the most AI-exposed US occupations was 19% below trend by June 2026.Source · Stanford Digital Economy Lab, Canaries in the Coal Mine, Aug 2026 update, 2026Productivity34%The least experienced workers using an AI assistant gained 34% in productivity, against 14% on average.Source · Brynjolfsson, Li and Raymond, Generative AI at Work, NBER 2023, QJE 2025, 2025Degrees66→59%The share of AI-augmented jobs requiring a formal degree fell from 66% to 59% between 2019 and 2024, so skills are replacing credentials.Source · PwC, Global AI Jobs Barometer, 2025, 2025