Workers report anxiety about artificial intelligence job displacement

Many workers in the United States are worried that artificial intelligence will take their jobs, even if they have not lost them yet. A Reuters survey found that 71 percent of Americans fear AI could permanently remove large numbers of jobs. About half of U.S. workers feel anxious about how AI might be used where they work, according to Pew Research. Goldman Sachs has estimated that AI could replace the equivalent of 300 million full-time jobs. Some employees feel especially uneasy because they are helping to train AI systems that could one day replace them. However, experts say AI is more likely to handle routine tasks within a job than to eliminate the whole position. Software engineering job listings actually grew in 2026.