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Computer Science is losing its jobs to AI.
Or is it?
Software Developers
1.7 million jobs in 2025. Here is what the government's own data says about them.
AI could halve the time on
15 of its 17 tasks
AI aloneAI + software built on itNot much
Task ratings: Eloundou et al., Science (2024)
AI exposure BLS, Aug 2026
Very highYet jobs are projected to
+10.2%
by 2035, about 3 times the 3.5% for all 831 occupations
BLS AI exposure categories (Aug 2026) · BLS Employment Projections 2025–35. BLS: exposure “does not imply job loss.”
And it isn't alone.
141 of 206
occupations BLS rates Very high are projected to grow.
Growing (141)No change (5)Shrinking (60)
BLS AI exposure categories (Aug 2026) · Employment Projections 2025–35
But the change is already showing,
for the youngest workers.
Ages 22–25, least exposed occupationsAges 22–25, most exposed occupations
About 19% below where it would be had it kept pace. The authors call it a descriptive pattern, not proof that AI caused it.
Brynjolfsson, Chandar and Chen, “Canaries in the Coal Mine,” Stanford Digital Economy Lab (Aug 2026). Start and end points only. More on the About page
When software developers changed careers, here's where they went.
Computer Occupations, All Other (2010 group)15%
Management Analysts7%
Managers, All Other (2010 group)7%
Of 566,432 career moves found in online resumes
Schubert, Stansbury and Taska (resumes, 2002–2016), before today's AI tools
$135,980
median pay, more than 94% of occupations
Lowest paidHighest paid
95,300 openings a year
BLS median wages, May 2025, of 825 occupations · BLS Employment Projections 2025–35
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