Under the pressure of automation, BLS forecasts that waiter jobs will further decline within the next decade by 1 percent.
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AI and the Economics of the Human Touch - by Adam OzimekAdam Ozimekagglomerations.substack.com
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Under the pressure of automation, the BLS forecasts that it will further decline within the next decade… by 1 percent.
Outlook
NeutralA 1% decline in waiter jobs is so small as to represent essentially no meaningful change in employment levels.
Timeframe
within 1-5 yearsExplicit
Confidence
high
The author cites an official BLS forecast, implying high confidence in this specific quantitative projection.
Potential Data Sources for Validation
BLS occupational employment projections for waiters and waitresses; compare actual employment levels in waiter/waitress category roughly 10 years from the forecast date against the baseline.
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Adam Ozimek
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