The Future of Work

As technology advances and expands on its capabilities people are learning and finding ways for it to be beneficial in the work place. Many occupations that call for consistent routines and little adaption are finding that robots and other technologies are able to to the job just as well if not better. By using technology that is programed to do the same thing over and over again there is an argument that this will lower human error in the work place. Jobs that are being the most affected by this influx of technology is occupational jobs. Occupational jobs are things like food services, customer service, and office support. In this graph we see how occupational jobs may be impacted by 2030.

The part I found most interesting is the color code on the right. The colors present which jobs have higher concentrations of people without college degrees. Represented int he graph is that jobs that do not require college degree are at a higher risk for displacement from their jobs. Does this mean that the value of a college degree is going up?

After finding this information it was interested to see the way that different races will be impacted by this. In this pair of graphs you can see how some racial minorities are at a  higher risk of job displacement. Hispanics especially are responsible for a large percentage of food preparation work and that is also a demographic that on average does not reach higher education. It is concerning to me to see how technology will be taking over jobs of people who do not have much education. It has been proven that many groups of people that do not go to school through high school was due to the needs of their families, often having the student drop out to go to work and support the family. Families living in this sort of poverty are now at risk for even further struggles if their children can no longer get a job because of the decreasing need.


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