FEDS Note: AI on the Factory Floor: Evidence from Manufacturing Job Postings

Federal Reserve Board (institute research) · 30 Sep 2026

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Will AI destroy more jobs than it creates?

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This Federal Reserve note by Maria D. Tito uses manufacturing job postings to track how AI adoption is changing employers' skill requirements on the factory floor. It treats hiring decisions as a timely signal of AI's still-uncertain effects on employment, occupations and skill demand.

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Maria D. Tito Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have the potential to transform production processes and labor markets, yet their ultimate effects on employment, occupations, and skill demand remain uncertain (Acemoglu and Restrepo, 2018). While research continues to explore implications of AI adoption for productivity and employment, firms' hiring decisions provide a timely measure of employers' evolving skill requirements (Deming and Kahn, 2018; Hershbein and Kahn, 2018; Acemoglu et al., 2022).

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FEDS Note: AI on the Factory Floor: Evidence from Manufacturing Job Postings

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