According to the latest national telephone and online survey conducted by Rasmussen Reports, 18% of American adults believe that their job could be replaced by a robot, while 65% think that a robot couldn’t do their job and 16% are unsure. However, the percentage of people who believe that their job could be done by a robot has decreased from 21% last June.
A majority of Americans, 56%, believe that within the next 25 years, most jobs in America will be done by robots or computers. This includes 23% who think it’s very likely. Meanwhile, 33% of Americans don’t believe that robots or computers will take over most jobs in 25 years, and 11% are unsure. In June, 67% of people believed that it was at least somewhat likely that robots or computers would be doing most jobs in 25 years.
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Thirty-Four percent of those who believe that a robot could do their job think that it’s very likely that robots or computers will take over most jobs in America in 25 years.
The belief that most jobs will be done by robots or computers in 25 years is consistent across political lines. However, more Republicans (76%) than Democrats (61%) or those not affiliated with either major party (62%) believe that their job couldn’t be done by a robot.
Adults under 40 are more likely than their elders to think that their jobs could be done by a robot. Women who are 40 years and older are most likely to say that a robot couldn’t do their job.
Fifty-four percent of whites, 62% of blacks, and 59% of other minorities believe that it’s at least somewhat likely that most jobs in America will be done by robots or computers in 25 years. Whites are also more likely to believe that their job couldn’t be done by a robot.
Government employees (37%) are more likely than private sector workers (24%) or entrepreneurs (9%) to say that a robot could do their job.
Finally, college-educated adults and those with annual incomes above $100,000 are more likely to believe that their job couldn’t be done by a robot.
The survey of 1,078 American Adults was conducted February 29 and March 3-4, 2024 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
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