Overview

• Using ADP payroll records through July 2025, Stanford researchers report a 13% employment drop since 2022 for 22–25‑year‑olds in the most AI‑exposed jobs.
• Entry‑level roles in software engineering and customer service show the sharpest declines, with roughly 20% fewer young workers over the period, even as older workers in those roles grew.
• Overall employment remains resilient, wages show little systematic change by age or exposure, and younger gains appear stronger in less‑exposed fields such as health aide roles.
• The authors say the patterns are consistent with an AI effect after testing alternative explanations, though they stop short of claiming definitive causation.
• Responding to rising public concern in Britain, the TUC unveiled a worker‑first AI strategy seeking retraining, worker representation and conditions on public AI funding to prevent deskilling.