Industries most exposed to AI are not only seeing productivity gains but jobs and wage growth too

Industries most exposed to AI are not only seeing productivity gains but jobs and wage growth too

Financial analysis is an industry that is seeing job growth even as AI is increasingly used. Orientfootage/iStock via Getty ImagesForecasts of the impact of artificial intelligence range from the apocalyptic to the utopian. An October 2025 report from Senate Democrats, for example, predicted AI will destroy millions of U.S. jobs. A couple of years earlier, consultant company McKinsey forecast AI will add trillions to the global economy, while em…