Live Index
The AI Job Displacement Index
Built to answer one question: how much pressure is AI putting on employment right now?
Updated every 6 hours using Federal Reserve employment data, O*NET task-level AI exposure scores, and AI-scored news signals.
0 = severe displacement · 100 = strong growth
“Kroger cites AI efficiency push as it cuts 3,000 corporate jobs — a direct, named-company example of AI-driven displacement at scale affecting white-collar corporate workers.”
Hard Data
Federal Reserve · 70%
50.9
Sentiment
News & layoffs · 30%
32.5
Signals
scanned this run
11
Hard Economic Data
Layer 1 · 70% weight · sourced from FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
90-Day Score History
Federal Reserve hard data (green) vs news sentiment (orange) — when they diverge, a turning point may be near
AI Analysis: The labor market signals lean notably negative, driven by high-profile AI-related layoffs and corporate restructuring tied to automation efficiency gains. Kroger's explicit citation of AI efficiency as the cause of 3,000 corporate job cuts and Netflix's largest layoff round in years are dominant negative forces. A few bright spots exist in data centers and healthcare hiring, and Taco Bell's AI deployment showing improved employee retention offers a rare positive automation narrative.
Leading indicator: Over the next 30 days, expect continued corporate restructuring announcements tied to AI efficiency initiatives, particularly in retail and media sectors. The dismal jobs report context and Fed uncertainty suggest hiring will remain cautious, with AI adoption accelerating as companies seek cost efficiencies amid macroeconomic headwinds.
Latest Market Signals
Layer 2 · 30% weight · AI-scored news and market sentiment
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Reported AI Displacement Events
Layer 3Verified layoffs where companies explicitly cited AI as the reason
Jobs cut (AI-attributed)
380,084
since Jan 2023
Distinct events tracked
58
companies reporting AI cuts
AI share of total layoffs
0.5%
of FRED total layoffs (latest)
Most affected sector
technology
251,128 jobs cut
Kroger explicitly cited an AI efficiency push as the reason for cutting 3,000 corporate jobs.
3,000
jobs cut
Uber is cutting jobs to make room for its robotaxi future, explicitly citing AI-driven autonomous vehicle strategy as the reason for the overhaul.
3,300
jobs cut
Company explicitly cited an 'AI-driven growth strategy' as the reason for the layoffs
20
jobs cut
Most At-Risk Occupations
Scored 0–100 by AI task coverage — what AI can do today, not a job-loss forecast · 96 US roles tracked
What is the DisplaceIndex?
The DisplaceIndex is a composite labor market indicator built to answer one question: how much pressure is AI putting on employment right now?
Every 6 hours, our pipeline pulls ten Federal Reserve economic series — spanning unemployment, job openings, claims, quits, layoffs, hours worked, and sector employment - and scores them against historical baselines. Simultaneously, our scoring engine analyses current news headlines and layoff announcements to produce a real-time sentiment layer.
The two layers are blended 70/30 into a single score from 0 to 100. High scores mean a growing, resilient job market. Low scores indicate accelerating displacement pressure.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the AI Job Displacement Index?▾
The DisplaceIndex is a composite economic indicator (0–100) that measures the real-time risk of AI-driven job displacement. It combines hard labor market data from the Federal Reserve (FRED) with AI-powered sentiment analysis of market signals to produce a regularly updated snapshot of displacement pressure.
How is the index calculated?▾
The index combines two layers: Layer 1 (70%) uses hard FRED data - unemployment rate, job openings, initial jobless claims, and nonfarm payrolls - scored against long-run historical distributions. Layer 2 (30%) uses our proprietary scoring engine to assess sentiment across news headlines and labor market signals. The composite score ranges from 0 (severe displacement) to 100 (strong growth).
How often is the data updated?▾
The DisplaceIndex pipeline runs every 6 hours. It fetches the latest available FRED economic series and scans current news headlines and layoff announcements to compute the updated index score.
What do the index labels mean?▾
Scores of 75–100 indicate Strong Growth (expanding job market). 60–74 is Cautious Growth (stable but moderate risk). 40–59 is Transitional (mixed signals). 25–39 is Displacement Pressure (notable job market stress). Below 25 is High Displacement (severe pressure from automation and layoffs).
Is this a prediction or a current snapshot?▾
The DisplaceIndex is a current snapshot, not a forecast. It reflects the state of the labor market and AI displacement signals right now, based on the most recently available data. Leading indicators like jobless claims and job postings do provide some forward-looking signal, but the index is descriptive rather than predictive.