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AI Labour Impact Observatory

AI's impact on employment

A living dashboard tracking the impact of artificial intelligence on employment, combining global sources, market signals and our own interpretation.

This observatory does not measure jobs created or destroyed alone. It measures the pressure of labour transformation and the capacity to absorb it.
  • IILE-IA v0.2
  • Curated monthly
  • Weekly source watcher
  • Experimental

IILE-IA provisional reading

IILE-IA provisional reading

State and pressure are derived from IILE-IA total v0.2 = 58.7 / 100, which falls in the Active transformation band (range 41-60). The six per-dimension scores are published with confidence: low.

Current state
Active transformation
Labour pressure
high
Confidence
medium
Calibration
partial
Dimensions with a verified claim
4/6

This is a provisional editorial reading, not a calibrated statistical index.

Evidence map by dimension

Executive radar: evidence strength

One row per IILE-IA dimension. Segments express a qualitative level (NOT a numeric score).

Qualitative scale: insufficient signal · partial evidence · needs more sources · strong initial evidence

  1. ETechnical exposure

    strong initial evidence

    2 linked claims

    Tasks theoretically automatable or augmentable.

  2. AReal adoption

    needs more sources

    0 linked claims

    Organisations already using AI in production.

  3. TTask transformation

    strong initial evidence

    2 linked claims

    How real role tasks are changing.

  4. SSkill velocity

    partial evidence

    1 linked claims

    Pace at which demanded skills are changing.

  5. MLabour-market signal

    strong initial evidence

    2 linked claims

    Vacancies, salaries and observed market demand.

  6. BAdaptation gap

    needs more sources

    0 linked claims

    Distance between change pace and capacity to absorb it.

Verified magnitudes

Verified magnitudes

Reference figures from official sources. They do not yet amount to a statistical calibration.

  1. World Economic Forum — Future of Jobs Report 2025

    22 %

    of jobs disrupted by 2030

    • Official source linked
    • High confidence

    How to read it:Read it as transformation, not destruction: creation, displacement and reshape combined.

    What it does NOT prove:An employer-survey forecast, not an observed net-employment measurement.

    www.weforum.org
  2. World Economic Forum — Future of Jobs Report 2025

    39 %

    of key skills changed by 2030

    • Official source linked
    • High confidence

    How to read it:The minimum-employability bar moves: keeping a job is not enough — the skills mix must update.

    What it does NOT prove:Intensity varies by sector, country and occupation.

    www.weforum.org
  3. IMF — Gen-AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work

    40 %

    of global employment exposed

    • Official source linked
    • High confidence

    How to read it:Exposure measures potential impact, not automatic substitution.

    What it does NOT prove:Exposure does not equal job loss; some work may be augmented.

    www.imf.org
  4. IMF — Gen-AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work

    60 %

    of advanced-economy jobs exposed

    • Official source linked
    • High confidence

    How to read it:Pressure does not fall only on routine work: cognitive tasks are particularly affected.

    What it does NOT prove:Complementarity and institutional readiness can change the final outcome substantially.

    www.imf.org

Bar lengths are relative within this chart only. They are not an index score, nor a comparison between sources sharing one methodology.

Verified pulse

Visual reading of figures linked to an official source. Each card carries its confidence chip and links to the full claim card below.

  • Tier 12030

    22 %

    of jobs disrupted by 2030

    World Economic Forum — Future of Jobs Report 2025

    • Official source linked
    • High confidence
  • Tier 12030

    39 %

    of key skills changed by 2030

    World Economic Forum — Future of Jobs Report 2025

    • Official source linked
    • High confidence
  • Tier 12024

    40 %

    of global employment exposed

    IMF — Gen-AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work

    • Official source linked
    • High confidence
  • Tier 12024

    60 %

    of advanced-economy jobs exposed

    IMF — Gen-AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work

    • Official source linked
    • High confidence
  • Tier 12025

    52,558

    data points in the methodology

    ILO — Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure

    • Official source linked
    • High confidence
  • Tier 12025

    25 %

    approx. of jobs exposed to transformation

    ILO — Generative AI and jobs: A 2025 update

    • Official source linked
    • Medium confidence
  • Tier 32025

    No numeric metric

    Stanford HAI — AI Index 2025 Economy chapter

    • Official source linked
    • Medium confidence

Global pulse

Ten global signals curated from the source registry and the editorial claims. Each KPI declares its source, confidence, and verification status.

Curated from operator brief: editorial proposal pending URL + exact date verification before being quoted as definitive.

  • Jobs that will change by 2030

    22%

    WEF projection (170M new roles, 92M displaced).

    Source: World Economic ForumIILE-IA component · T

    • Curated from brief
    • High confidence
  • Workers who will need reskilling/upskilling

    59 in 100

    Before 2030, per the WEF.

    Source: World Economic ForumIILE-IA component · S

    • Curated from brief
    • High confidence
  • Global jobs exposed to AI

    ~40%

    Up to ~60% in advanced economies, per the IMF.

    Source: IMFIILE-IA component · E

    • Curated from brief
    • High confidence
  • Workers in occupations exposed to GenAI

    1 in 4

    ILO 2025 — most will be transformed rather than disappear.

    Source: ILOIILE-IA component · E

    • Curated from brief
    • High confidence
  • Wage premium for AI skills

    56%

    PwC Global AI Jobs Barometer 2025 (Lightcast: 28% / ~$18K/yr).

    Source: PwCIILE-IA component · M

    • Curated from brief
    • Medium confidence
  • Skills that will change by 2030

    70%

    LinkedIn Economic Graph.

    Source: LinkedInIILE-IA component · S

    • Curated from brief
    • Medium confidence
  • Jobs highly transformable by GenAI

    26%

    Indeed GenAI Skill Transformation Index (US).

    Source: Indeed Hiring LabIILE-IA component · T

    • Curated from brief
    • Medium confidence
  • Companies mature in AI deployment

    1%

    McKinsey — most are still piloting.

    Source: McKinseyIILE-IA component · B

    • Curated from brief
    • Medium confidence
  • Jobs with ≥25% of tasks done with Claude

    ~49%

    Anthropic Economic Index (Mar 2026) — platform telemetry.

    Source: AnthropicIILE-IA component · A

    • Curated from brief
    • Medium confidence
  • Population GenAI adoption in 3 years

    53%

    Stanford HAI — faster than PC or internet.

    Source: Stanford HAIIILE-IA component · A

    • Curated from brief
    • High confidence

Exponential context

The forces behind the change

Not this dashboard's own metrics, but the exponential curves that explain it: why change arrives this fast and the pressure on work and skills keeps accelerating.

Chart· logarithmic scale

The compute used to train AI models is soaring

Training compute (petaFLOP)1001 mil10 mil100 mil1 M10 M100 M1 mil M10 mil M100 mil M2012201620182019202020222023Training compute (petaFLOP) (log)
The training compute of notable AI models grew millions of times over between AlexNet (2012) and GPT-4 (2023). It is best shown on a logarithmic scale.
Source · Epoch AI / Our World in Data

Chart

Global private investment in artificial intelligence

  1. 201515.3 mil MUSD
  2. 201728.4 mil MUSD
  3. 201961.7 mil MUSD
  4. 202077.3 mil MUSD
  5. 2021145.4 mil MUSD
  6. 2022104.6 mil MUSD
  7. 202392.8 mil MUSD
  8. 2024130.9 mil MUSD
Global private investment in AI rose from about 15 billion dollars in 2015 to roughly 131 billion in 2024, in constant dollars; the race is led by the United States and China.
Source · Stanford HAI AI Index (data by Quid) / Our World in Data

Spain in the observatory

The Spanish labour market against AI

Spain is converging with the EU baseline on enterprise AI adoption, but Funcas' central scenario for 2025-2035 paints a net-negative labour market. Three headlines plus an EU comparison.

  • Net employment · 2025-2035 (central scenario)

    −400 K

    Jobs destroyed between −1.7M and −2.3M; jobs created +1.61M. The net is negative but creation covers two thirds of destruction.

    Funcas · 2025

  • Spanish firms (≥10 employees) using AI

    21.1 %

    Q1 2025 vs 12.4 % in 2023. Enterprise adoption nearly doubles in two years, focused on services and advanced manufacturing.

    Funcas · Q1 2025

  • Female employment ES in high-exposure occupations

    9.6 %

    Versus 3.5 % for male employment. Occupational exposure is gender-asymmetric — administrative and care occupations are over-represented.

    ILO–NASK · 2025

Spain vs European Union — adoption and exposure

SpainEU-27
Firms ≥10 employees using AI (2025)21.1 %~20 %Funcas + Eurostat
Adoption growth 2023 → 2025+8.7 pp (12.4 % → 21.1 %)+7 pp (≈13 % → 20 %)Funcas + Eurostat
Employment exposed to generative AI~60 % (advanced economy)~60 % (advanced economy)IMF · Gen-AI Staff Note
Gender asymmetry in high exposure (F vs M)9.6 % vs 3.5 %9.6 % vs 3.5 % (aggregate)ILO–NASK · 2025

Editorial reading: Spain is not an outlier in exposure or adoption — it converges with the EU. But Funcas' central scenario carries the editorial weight: even though job destruction (−1.7M to −2.3M) is almost offset by new creation (+1.61M), the negative net and the gender asymmetry justify a cautious bias for Spain on M (labour-market signal · 42) and B (adaptation gap · 52). Aggregate opportunity (62) still outweighs aggregate risk (47), but the margin is narrow.

All figures are projections or official statistics with declared methodologies. Funcas publishes its central scenario alongside a low and a high range; we surface the central. Cross-check with Randstad Research ES for a complementary employer-employee reading.

Reading guide

How to read this dashboard

What it is for

To recognise the pressure of labour transformation by sector, occupation and profile — and the capacity to absorb it. A curated editorial reading, not a prediction.

What it is NOT for

It does not predict job destruction. It is not an official statistical index. It does not replace Tier 1–3 sources; it weights them with explicit editorial weights.

How to use it while reading the book

Come back here whenever a chapter cites a specific vector (exposure, adoption, gap) to situate it in the wider picture and compare the rhythm across sectors.

How it will evolve

Future iterations will add real per-source signals, a declared editorial cadence, and an automated watcher for Tier 1–3. IILE-IA calibration will remain editorial.