{"id":2665736,"date":"2026-09-20T14:19:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T18:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-not-all-doom-and-gloom-ai-added-1-million-us-jobs-5-for-every-1-cut\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T14:28:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T18:28:57","slug":"its-not-all-doom-and-gloom-ai-added-1-million-us-jobs-5-for-every-1-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-not-all-doom-and-gloom-ai-added-1-million-us-jobs-5-for-every-1-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Not All Doom and Gloom: AI Added 1 Million US Jobs, 5 for Every 1 Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fits-not-all-doom-and-gloom-ai-added-1-million-us-jobs-5-for-every-1-cut%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2665736&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A discussion highlights the complex impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the U.S. labor market. While AI raises concerns about job displacement and safety risks associated with rapid progress, recent data suggests it is also creating numerous new jobs. Employers reported over 116,000 AI-related layoffs by August, yet the economic analysis indicates that approximately 1 million jobs have been generated in the U.S. since mid-2023, with the ratio of jobs created to those lost about five to one. Key sectors experiencing growth include technology roles such as AI engineers, data scientists, and data center workers-thes roles have seen significant employment increases, partly driven by expanding data infrastructure and power grid needs. Despite some layoffs in administrative and office support roles due to automation, overall employment remains robust, with employment rising by 162,000 jobs in August and the unemployment rate stable at 4.1%. however, industry experts warn about the potential dangers of AI development outpacing regulations, with prominent voices calling for slowed progress to better manage risks.Simultaneously occurring, investments in workforce training and infrastructure-such as data centers and utility projects-are fueling additional employment opportunities in related fields.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A wave of doomsday warnings about artificial intelligence (AI) is overshadowing a short-term bright spot: the technology appears to be creating American jobs even as it eliminates others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">U.S. employers cited AI in <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.challengergray.com\/blog\/challenger-report-august-job-cuts-up-58-consumer-products-food-lead\/\">116,175 announced job cuts<\/a> through August, roughly 22% of all cuts announced in 2026, according to Challenger, Gray &#038; Christmas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Yet amid mounting warnings about AI\u2019s threat to workers and even humanity, The Economist <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/finance-and-economics\/2026\/09\/04\/the-jobs-apocalypse-is-postponed-an-ai-jobs-boom-is-here\">estimated in September<\/a> that AI has created roughly 1 million American jobs compared with roughly 200,000 AI-attributed layoffs since mid-2023 \u2014 a ratio of about five jobs created for every one lost.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The figures are not directly comparable. Challenger tracked announced layoffs in which AI was cited as a reason, while The Economist estimated job creation using employment trends, AI-specific occupations and infrastructure hiring. Challenger has recorded roughly <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.challengergray.com\/blog\/challenger-report-layoffs-fall-hiring-picks-up-ai-leads-for-fifth-straight-month\/\">188,000 announced cuts attributed to AI<\/a> since it began tracking AI separately in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The broader labor market has so far avoided mass displacement. Employers <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/empsit.htm\">added 162,000 jobs in August<\/a> and the unemployment rate remained at 4.1%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Sept. 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">AI-related job creation is also extending beyond the workers constructing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/powering-deterrence-john-phelans-vision-for-an-unstoppable-navy-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Powering deterrence: John Phelan\u2019s vision for an unstoppable Navy - Washington Examiner\">data centers needed<\/a> to power the technology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The Economist <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/finance-and-economics\/2026\/09\/04\/the-jobs-apocalypse-is-postponed-an-ai-jobs-boom-is-here\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tracked<\/a> engineers, software developers, mathematicians and data scientists and estimated those occupations added roughly 730,000 jobs above the broader trend in professional employment since 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The outlet cautioned that AI could not be credited with all of those jobs, but pointed to growing demand for AI engineers, data annotators, \u201cforward-deployed\u201d engineers who adapt AI systems for customers and corporate AI executives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">LinkedIn separately estimated roughly 640,000 new AI-specific jobs were created between 2023 and 2025, according to The Economist. Preliminary research from Burning Glass Institute Chief Economist Gad Levanon also estimated that jobs that would not exist without AI now account for roughly 1% of professional jobs in the U.S. and between 4% and 5% of computer and life-sciences occupations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Some occupations previously considered vulnerable to AI have also continued growing. Employment among paralegals increased roughly 11% between 2023 and 2025, while market-research analyst employment rose about 6%, compared with roughly 2% employment growth nationally over the period, according to The Economist\u2019s analysis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\"><a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/hiringlab.indeed.com\/2026\/07\/14\/hiring-for-the-data-center-build-out\/\">Data-center job postings more than doubled<\/a> since 2023, rising from roughly two of every 1,000 U.S. job postings to six of every 1,000, according to Indeed Hiring Lab. About one-quarter of data-center openings were for installation and maintenance workers, while hourly installation jobs at data centers advertised median pay 42% higher \u2014 roughly $10 more per hour \u2014 than comparable jobs elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Private data-center construction <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/construction\/c30\/data\/index.html\">spending<\/a> reached a $59.3 billion seasonally adjusted annual rate in May, up 23% from a year earlier, according to Census Bureau data cited by Indeed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Meta also launched a $115 million workforce program in June to train Americans for skilled-trade jobs supporting data-center construction, including electricians, plumbers, welders and fiber technicians.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The power buildout is creating another source of labor demand. The BLS projected utilities would be the fastest-growing major U.S. industry sector from 2025 through 2035, increasing employment 9.8%, or 58,800 jobs. The agency said nearly all of that growth was expected in electric power generation, transmission and distribution because of rising electricity demand, including demand from AI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The BLS also <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/emp\/tables\/industries-fast-grow-employment.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">projected<\/a> employment among computing infrastructure providers, data-processing and web-hosting firms would increase 25.1% through 2035, adding roughly 120,400 jobs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cHiring has also increased over last year by 25%, so while AI is shifting the labor market, it is not dismantling it,\u201d Andy Challenger, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cringe-factor-facebook-has-to-pay-more-to-hire-top-talent-due-to-negative-reputation\/\" title=\"Cringe Factor: Facebook Has to Pay More to Hire Top Talent Due to Negative Reputation\">chief revenue officer<\/a> at Challenger, Gray &#038; Christmas, said in the firm\u2019s <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.challengergray.com\/blog\/challenger-report-layoffs-fall-hiring-picks-up-ai-leads-for-fifth-straight-month\/\">July jobs report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The gains were not evenly distributed. Microsoft announced thousands of layoffs as the company reorganized amid the AI boom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">BLS projected office and administrative-support employment would fall 4% through 2035, shedding about 752,100 jobs. The agency said companies\u2019 growing use of automation tools, including generative AI capable of handling repetitive tasks, was expected to reduce demand for several office occupations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The employment data come amid a new wave of warnings about AI\u2019s potential dangers. 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