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Artificial Intelligence has been a hot-button issue for the last few years, and while the industry has grown massively, the fears associated with the technology have also heightened.
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Concerned citizens are worried about AI’s impact on the environment, its increasing ability to ignore human commands, and how it may replace workers in certain industries.
In South Carolina, employees are working extra hours to avoid being seen as replaceable by AI, according to a recent survey.
While recent reports have said that AI is more likely to change job structures rather than replace workers altogether, some occupations face high levels of exposure to declining hiring demand, wage pressure, task automation, and other forms of disruption, according to SmartAsset, a personal finance company.
So what percentage of jobs in SC are at risk of being restructured?
SmartAsset created a ranking based on every state’s percentage of its workforce in high-exposure occupations. These jobs in SC are most at risk because of AI:
Which jobs are at risk?
Few jobs have been immune to the effects of AI advancement, but these are all the jobs that are most at risk of being reshaped. They were chosen based on by the Virginia Economic Information and Analytics Division:
- Mathematicians
- Proofreaders
- Correspondence Clerks
- Court Reporters
- Media and Communication Workers
- Computer Programmers
- Database Administrators
- Web Developers
- Telephone Operators
- Communications Equipment Operators
- Data Entry Keyers
- Statistical Assistants
- Office Support Workers
- Interpreters and Translators
- Database Architects
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts
- Medical Transcriptionists
- Software Developers
- Writers and Authors
- Payroll Clerks
- Web Designers
- Miscellaneous Computer Occupations
- Insurance Claims Processors
- Telemarketers
- Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
- Bookkeeping and Accounting Clerks
How many SC jobs are exposed to AI?
SC has one of the lowest concentrations of the previously mentioned employed individuals who are likely to be disrupted by AI advancement.
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According to SmartAsset, only 2.38% of SC’s workforce faces high exposure to the effects of AI. That’s around 54,850 positions.
The state with the highest percentage of high-exposure jobs is Washington. Approximately 5.679% of the workforce could be reshaped thanks to AI.
The state with the lowest percentage of high-exposure jobs is Mississippi. Approximately 1.934% of the workforce could be reshaped thanks to AI.
Methodology
SmartAsset used the most recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data to calculate the percentage of each state’s workforce employed in 26 positions classified at the highest risk of potential AI disruption.
The group said the study highlights employment concentration in occupations classified as highly AI-exposed, and it does not estimate future job losses, wage changes or hiring declines.
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