More than 10 million UK workers are at high risk of being replaced by robots within 15 years as the automation of routine tasks gathers pace in a new machine age.
A report by the consultancy firm PwC found that 30% of jobs in Britain were potentially under threat from breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI), compared with 38% in the US, 35% in Germany and 21% in Japan. In some sectors half the jobs could go.
PwC said 2.25 million jobs were at high risk in wholesale and retailing – the sector that employs most people in the UK – and 1.2 million were under threat in manufacturing, 1.1 million in administrative and support services and 950,000 in transport and storage.
Which jobs are most at risk?
Transportation and storage - 56% of jobs at high risk from automation
Manufacturing - 46%
Wholesale and retail trade - 44%
Administrative and support services - 37%
Financial and insurance - 32%
Professional, scientific and technical - 26%
Construction - 24%
Arts and entertainment - 22%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing - 19%
Human health and social work - 17%
Education - 9%
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