Study: Madison ranked low for automation risk

A new study from Commodity.com analyzing automated work in the United States found that 37.1% of Madison metro area workers are at high risk of having their jobs become automated. An additional 22.5% are at medium risk, while 40.3% are deemed low risk. Out of all midsize U.S. metropolitan areas, Madison has the fifth lowest percentage of workers at high risk of having their jobs become automated. An Oxford University study calculated the probabilities of various occupations becoming automated in the future and occupations at high risk of automation are defined as those jobs with probability scores of 0.7 and higher. The Commodity.com analysis calculated the percentage of jobs in U.S. metropolitan areas that are at high risk of automation and ranked them accordingly. The analysis also found a slightly higher risk for workers across the state of Wisconsin, with 43.7% at high risk of becoming automated.