10 jobs expected to disappear by 2035: Check yours here
Ten occupations face extinction as AI, automation, and digital disruption eliminate roles built on routine, predictable tasks
The Bureau of Labour Statistics projects 313,600 cashiers will vanish by 2034. Word processors are declining faster than any other occupation at 36%. Ten occupations face extinction as AI, automation, and digital disruption eliminate roles built on routine, predictable tasks.
Employment projections for 2024-2034 by BLS and the Future of Jobs Report 2025 by the World Economic Forum present a clear message that jobs that involve data entry, answering calls, and transactional processing will become extinct in the labour market as it is rapidly approaching automation.
Which jobs will you not see in 2035?
Here is a list of 10 jobs that are expected to disappear after a decade.
Word processors, typists and switchboard operators
Word processing and typing occupations top the list, with employment reducing 36.1%, as artificial intelligence writing tools and voice recognition technology completely replace typing jobs.
Switchboard operators, down 26.3% as their roles are made redundant by automated telephone technology, are next on the list. The occupation of data entry keyer, whose roles are almost all automated (95%) anyway, will be eliminated for 25%.
Telemarketers
Telemarketers have been the hardest hit by the threat of artificial intelligence, as 96.25% of telemarketer tasks can already be automated.
Order clerks, payroll processors, bank tellers and software engineers
Order clerks, payroll processors, and bank tellers all see double-digit reductions because machines are used for placing orders, calculating payrolls, and mobile banking, respectively. However, there is one occupation where people will be replaced despite increasing demand for the product: programmers, whose numbers are expected to reduce by 6%.
There is an increasing demand for software developers who create systems but not for programmers who write codes according to specifications.
Cashiers and postal service clerks
Cashiers represent the single largest projected job loss in absolute numbers. Self-checkout expansion, app-based payments, and cashierless store technology will eliminate 313,600 positions. Postal service clerks face 5% decline as email and digital billing shrink mail volume.
