The Future of Jobs 2025: What WEF Predicts for the Workforce of 2030

Author(s): Murat Girgin

Originally published on Towards AI.

The Future of Jobs Report 2025 by the World Economic Forum analyzes how organizations expect the labor market to evolve over the next five years until 2030. Don’t underestimate this report based on a survey of over 1.000 global employers representing more than 14 million workers.

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Future of Jobs Insight Report 2025 — source WEF

I have read the 290-page Future of Jobs Report 2025 by the World Economic Forum (WEF), and in this article, I’m sharing my highlights from the first 90 pages. This report provides a deep dive into how the job market will evolve by 2030, and I plan to write another abstract addressing AI-driven transformation.

I highly recommend staying tuned for that — and also taking a close look at the second half of the report, which covers country-specific insights. If you live in, or plan to move to, a different country in the next five years, those sections are crucial.

Now, let’s break down the overall key points at once.

By 2030, macrotrend-driven job creation and displacement are expected to amount to 22% of today’s total jobs. New job creation is estimated at 170 million jobs (14% of current employment), offset by the displacement of 92 million jobs (8% of current employment), resulting in a net growth of 78 million jobs (7% of total employment).

Fastest-growing and fastest-declining jobs, 2025–2030 — source WEF

Technological change, particularly advancements in AI, robotics, and broadening digital access, is expected… Read the full blog for free on Medium.

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