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Top earners are more afraid for their employment than lower income as AI threat increases<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/02\/25\/top-earners-are-more-afraid-for-their-employment-than-lower-income-as-ai-threat-increases.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-02-25 13:58:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.cnbc.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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The prospect of being replaced by artificial intelligence is helping to scare higher-income workers and leading them to stay in their jobs longer, according to several recent surveys.<\/p>\n

One closely followed gauge, the University of Michigan Survey of Consumers, show confidence in the labor market among high earners around its historic lows going back to the late-1970s. Likewise, the New York Federal Reserve’s monthly consumer survey shows unemployment angst also around record highs.<\/p>\n

Finally, payrolls processing firm ADP notes that turnover among traditionally white-collar occupations is around record lows.<\/p>\n

The reason for the trend? “Our guess is partially ‘AI fear’, as white collar jobs are possibly at greater risk, but we are open to other explanations,” UBS chief economist Arend Kapteyn said in a note. <\/p>\n

The rise of AI is causing both excitement and fear among investors, employers and workers alike. Policymakers also are trying to gauge the impact of the new technology and how it will fit into the economy.<\/p>\n

“In my lifetime, I have never seen a technological revolution like this \u2014 and I have seen the birth of space exploration, the rise of the personal computer, the explosion of the internet and then smartphones,” Fed Governor Christopher Waller said Tuesday. “Firms, households, and every government [agency] are all trying to incorporate it into the way they function and operate.”<\/p>\n

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For the moment, AI appears to be contributing to angst and caution.<\/p>\n

Over the past year, the University of Michigan survey has found a general decline in sentiment over the labor market. However, it’s been most pronounced among the top one-third of earners, whose sentiment score on the labor market, in this case expectations for a higher unemployment rate, to be at its lowest level since the financial crisis ended in 2009. Sentiment among lower-income workers also has declined but is actually higher than those at the top end.<\/p>\n

Likewise, the New York Fed’s…<\/p>\n

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