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Apollo study unveils AI is squeezing wages, not killing jobs, with $28 billion annual impact
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High-AI-exposure occupations saw 6.7% slower wage growth while employment levels barely budged, according to new research from Apollo's chief economist.
Key facts
- Across 321 matched occupations tracked from 2015 to 2025, jobs with high AI exposure saw real wage growth come in 6.7% below their low-exposure counterparts after 2023
- Apollo’s team conservatively estimated the aggregate annual labor-income impact at approximately $28 billion, affecting around 5.8 million workers
- High-AI-exposure occupations saw 6.7% slower wage growth while employment levels barely budged, according to new research from Apollo's chief economist
- A new study from Apollo Global Management’s Chief Economist Torsten Sløk and analyst Sania Edlich found that AI’s earliest measurable impact on the labor market is showing up in paychecks, not pink
Summary
A new study from Apollo Global Management’s Chief Economist Torsten Sløk and analyst Sania Edlich found that AI’s earliest measurable impact on the labor market is showing up in paychecks, not pink slips. The wage hit isn’t landing evenly. The study used a difference-in-differences methodology, a standard econometric approach that compares changes in outcomes between a treatment group (high AI exposure) and a control group (low exposure) before and after a specific event. Crucially, the researchers didn’t rely on theoretical guesses about which jobs AI might affect.