The headline figure
Per the WEF Future of Jobs Report 2025, the global projection through 2030 is 170 million new roles created against 92 million displaced, for a net 78 million job increase. The figure is a survey-based aggregate from approximately 1,000 large employers across 22 industry clusters and 55 economies.
The asymmetric transition
The new roles WEF projects skew toward technical and AI-adjacent categories: AI and machine-learning specialists, big data specialists, fintech engineers, AI ethics specialists, autonomous-systems engineers, software developers, and information security analysts. The displaced roles skew toward administrative, routine clerical, and standard production work: cashiers, data-entry clerks, administrative assistants, customer service representatives, accounting clerks, bank tellers.
The transition is not symmetrical. People displaced from one category do not automatically move to the new category. The skill gap, geographic mismatch, and time-to-reskill are real and are documented in WEF 2025 itself.
The frontline-job exception
BLS 2024-2034 also projects strong growth in occupations that have little to do with AI directly: nurse practitioners (+40%), physician assistants (+28%), wind turbine service technicians (+60%), solar photovoltaic installers (+48%). These reflect demographic and energy-transition demand, not AI deployment. They are part of the "what is growing" picture but they are not AI-created jobs in the strict sense.
The aggregate-versus-individual gap
WEF's net 78 million figure is global and aggregate. It does not translate cleanly to individual outcomes. A worker displaced from one category often does not have access to the new categories without substantial reskilling investment. The aggregate net-positive claim is true at the level WEF measures it; the individual-net-positive claim is not supported by the same data.
What the calculator's growth panel tells you
Per occupation, the calculator's Panel 3 reports the BLS 2024-2034 outlook (much faster than average through decline) and the top three growing skills relevant to the role per WEF 2025. The calculator does not project AI-created jobs at the individual level; it reports occupation-family outlooks and skills demand.
What this means for individual decisions
The site does not give individual career advice. The data above informs the calibrated framing: AI is creating new roles in the aggregate, displacing other roles in the aggregate, and the transition is asymmetric. Individual decisions involve weighing your specific occupation's growth outlook against your skills, constraints, and risk tolerance, which is not a question this calculator can answer.
See the growth picture in detail at /whats-growing/, the per-occupation deep dives at /occupations/, and the relevant FAQ entries at /faq/.