AI exposure impacts 25% of jobs while specialist demand rises

Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicates that approximately 24.8% of analyzed occupations face “very high” exposure to artificial intelligence. This analysis, covering 831 professions, measures the proportion of tasks that can be supported or performed by current AI capabilities rather than predicting direct job replacement.

Occupations requiring physical presence, manual dexterity, and material manipulation show the lowest exposure. Among construction and extraction roles, 53 out of 60 professions exhibit low exposure. Specific examples of low-exposure roles include carpenters, bricklayers, glaziers, and florists.

Conversely, the demand for AI specialists is driving significant market advantages. In Brazil, AI professionals can command salaries ranging from R$ 7,000 for entry-level analysts to R$ 35,000 for management and coordination roles. The scarcity of talent in this sector has led to increased competition for recruitment, offering benefits such as remote work flexibility and rapid career growth in subfields like machine learning and natural language processing.