Brookings Institution: Digitizing Changes to U.S. Jobs

According to a report by the British "Daily Mail" on November 16th, in the United States, digitalization has had a huge impact on careers. According to a research report published by the Brookings Institution No. 15 of the Washington think tank, since 2002, the number of occupations using digital tools has risen to 517 in 545 occupations in the United States, and in many low-skilled occupations Among them, digital tools are more widely used.

This report highlights the need for all types of workers to improve their digital skills. It also explains that because there have been few digital skills jobs in the past, it is difficult for many employers to find suitable job candidates. Workers are also worried that automation replaces labor. Because with the help of the machine, one person can complete the task of several people.

The report finds that highly digitized jobs tend to pay higher salaries and are increasingly concentrated in traditional high-tech centers like Silicon Valley, Seattle, and Austin, Texas. The study cited data from the U.S. Department of Labor and rated the digital skills required for each job from 0 to 100. The average score of career rose from 29 in 2002 to 46 in 2016, a full increase of 59%.

The report also shows that some jobs, especially the highly paid service industry, have long used digital tools, and such work has only increased. Just like the work that hardly needed digital skills in the past, it also began to show the need for this skill.

For example, the average score of warehousing workers transporting goods rose from 5 in 2002 to 25 in 2016. Now these workers are using hand-held devices to track the goods, and if there is a situation where the goods are misplaced, they will sound an alarm. It is hard to imagine that even the skill score of the roofworkers rose from 0 to 22, and the number of parking attendants rose from 3 to 26.

The senior researcher at the Brookings Institution and co-author of the report, Mark Muro, said: "We have found that the higher the number of jobs, the better your pay and the less work." Software Developers in 2002 Years and 2016 were the highest scores for digital skills, although their score dropped from 97 to 94. Muro speculates that as this area matures, more software developers will become co-managers without touching on direct programming. (Internship Compilation: Chen Yong for Reviewer: Li Zongze)