Stanford data: employment for 22-25 year-olds in AI-exposed jobs fell ~13%
ziv_ravid · x · 2026-09-22
Drawing on Stanford research, the author notes that since late 2022, employment for 22-25 year-olds in the most AI-exposed occupations fell 13% relative to less-exposed ones. Young software developers alone are down nearly 20% from the 2022 peak.
The entry-level rung of the career ladder is the first to go — this is the jobs-side evidence for the author's broader argument about AI squeezing junior workers, complementing the NBER skills experiment in later posts.
Related event: AI Squeezes Junior Workers From Both Jobs and Skills(3 posts)→
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