{"id":219533,"date":"2026-05-25T04:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T08:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/37-of-hourly-workers-already-see-ai-on-the-job\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T04:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T08:15:11","slug":"37-of-hourly-workers-already-see-ai-on-the-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/37-of-hourly-workers-already-see-ai-on-the-job\/","title":{"rendered":"37% of Hourly Workers Already See AI on the Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/news\/artificial-intelligence\/2026\/37percent-hourly-workers-already-see-ai-job\/\">37% of Hourly Workers Already See AI on the Job<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/news\/artificial-intelligence\/2026\/37percent-hourly-workers-already-see-ai-job\/\">https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/news\/artificial-intelligence\/2026\/37percent-hourly-workers-already-see-ai-job\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-25 04:03:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.pymnts.com\">www.pymnts.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>AI Adoption in Low-income Jobs:<\/strong> A significant number of hourly workers in the Labor Economy, defined as those earning up to $25 an hour annually, are now encountering AI and automation in their workplaces.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lack of Training and Preparation:<\/strong> Nearly 60% of Labor Economy workers affected by AI did not receive any training on these technologies, and less than half felt confident in finding comparable-paying work if their current role was eliminated.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Financial Resilience Issues:<\/strong> Low-income workers had fewer financial buffers to absorb disruptions caused by AI, being less likely to rely on savings during financial shocks and more likely to need government assistance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Widespread AI Impact:<\/strong> AI\u2019s influence is moving from Silicon Valley and corporate offices to everyday sectors including warehouses, restaurants, hospitality, logistics, and caregiving.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Confidence in Job Security Drops:<\/strong> Job security confidence for Labor Economy workers weakened significantly, with expectations at their lowest since October.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recommendations for Intervention:<\/strong> There are opportunities for employers, banks, and FinTech firms to provide enhanced training and financial support to close the adaptation gap before disruption deepens.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Daily Economic Life Integration:<\/strong> AI is no longer a future prospect for many workers but is becoming a routine part of everyday economic life for millions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>37% of Hourly Workers Already See AI on the Job https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/news\/artificial-intelligence\/2026\/37percent-hourly-workers-already-see-ai-job\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-25 04:03:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":219534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SB5-AI-on-job-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219533"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219535,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219533\/revisions\/219535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}