Get ready for another wave of job eliminations andmigrations.

While technology has wiped out jobs ranging fromsupermarket cashiers to automobile manufactures, and many othershave been lost to offshoring in recent years, the trend is far fromover, according to a study from Ball State University.

U.S. News reports that in a paper titled “How Vulnerable Are American Communities toAutomation, Trade and Urbanization?” researchers claim that asmany as 25 percent of American jobs could be offshored in the yearsahead, as foreign competition continues to weigh in. In addition,half of all low-skill jobs could eventually be automated,potentially displacing millions of U.S. workers.

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