AI Threat Is Greater in Jobs With Higher Shares of Women - TechRepublic

"AI is likely to hit female-dominated occupations harder than other parts of the US labor market. This unpleasant news comes from a new study from the Brookings Institution and the Centre for the Governance of AI. The report finds that many of the roles most exposed to automation are clerical and administrative jobs that have long employed disproportionately high numbers of women. While AI is expected to reshape nearly every sector of the economy, researchers say the burden of displacement could fall unevenly,"

"They found that more than six million workers face a particularly difficult path if their jobs are eliminated by AI, due to a combination of factors such as age, limited savings, and fewer transferable skills. According to the study, 86% of those workers are women. Many of the most exposed roles include secretaries and administrative assistants, payroll and timekeeping clerks, and court or municipal clerks - occupations that rely heavily on routine tasks such as scheduling, data entry, and document processing."

AI-driven automation disproportionately threatens clerical and administrative occupations that have long employed large numbers of women. Many exposed roles perform routine tasks—scheduling, data entry, document processing, payroll, and timekeeping—that AI-powered software can perform faster and cheaper. More than six million workers face particularly difficult transitions because of age, limited savings, and fewer transferable skills; 86% of those workers are women. Decades of information-technology advances have already reduced demand for administrative labor, and AI is accelerating that trend, risking unequal displacement and amplifying existing gender and economic inequalities.

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