The U.S. auto industry has grim news: more than 20,000 U.S. salaried jobs have been cut.
According to CNBC, it has to do with the rise of AI in the industry.
“Artificial intelligence is going to replace literally half of all white-collar workers in the U.S.,” Ford CEO Jim Farley said in July at the Aspen ideas Festival. “AI will leave a lot of white-collar people behind,” he added later.
The same report cites the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in that vehicle manufacturing jobs dropped by 0.2% from 2022 through last year, to 285,800 workers.
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Toyota Motor reported a 31% increase in its American white-collar workforce from 2020 through 2025, to roughly 47,500 people.
