Which jobs are the most prone to be automated, and where in the U.S. is that most likely to occur?
"From automotive manufacturing to cashiers, automation has already started to disrupt occupations and industries across the country," writes Kempler Industries in its blog post, "Automation Nation." "Occupations within the service industry are some of the hardest hit in terms of being at risk for automation, specifically cashiers, retail salespersons and fast food employees."
Overall, roughly 41 million, or 28 percent of all U.S. jobs, are most susceptible to automation, Kempler found. To find out where that will most likely occur, the used machinery dealer analyzed state and metropolitan data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on the top 170 most "at-risk" occupations according to the University of Oxford's "The Future of Employment: How Susceptible are Jobs to Computerisation" study.
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