Anthropic Study: Computer-Based Professions Experience Decline in Young Worker Recruitment

Recruitment of young workers in several professions that rely heavily on computer-based and text-related tasks has begun to slow since the emergence of generative artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT.

The findings emerged in a report titled “Labor Market Impacts of AI: A New Measure and Early Evidence,” authored by Maxim Massenkoff and Peter McCrory.

The research found that the hiring rate for workers aged 22 to 25 years in roles with high exposure to artificial intelligence (AI) declined by approximately 14 per cent after the ChatGPT era.

“The average estimate for the period following the emergence of ChatGPT shows a 14 per cent reduction in job acquisition rates compared to 2022 in roles with high AI exposure,” according to the report published by artificial intelligence research company Anthropic on Thursday 5 March 2026.

Researchers monitored the rate at which young workers started new jobs each month using data from the Current Population Survey in the United States.

The data was then compared between roles with high AI exposure and jobs with minimal AI exposure.

The analysis results showed differences becoming apparent from 2024 onwards.

The rate at which young workers entered roles with high AI exposure declined by approximately half a percentage point. By contrast, hiring rates in roles with low AI exposure remained relatively stable at around 2 per cent per month.

“Job acquisition rates in professions with low AI exposure remained stable at approximately 2 per cent per month, whilst entry into professions with the highest AI exposure declined by around half a percentage point,” the report states.

Analysis of unemployment trends revealed a relatively similar pattern between workers in professions that extensively use AI and those in roles with minimal AI exposure since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022.

“We did not find any impact on unemployment rates among workers in the most AI-exposed professions, although there are early indications that recruitment in these professions has slowed somewhat for workers aged 22 to 25 years,” the report concludes.