Industries we track
Eight sectors under active monitoring. Each rated by disruption stage, backed by verifiable data.
Legal
Actively DisruptingBLS 2026-07: employment +0.65% YoY · layoffs 0.5% · openings 4.2%
Document review and e-discovery automated. Junior associate hiring down 14%. Attorney employment flat.
Read analysisCreative
Actively DisruptingBLS 2026-07: employment -2.18% YoY · layoffs 2.3% · openings 2.8%
Stock photography in terminal decline. Commodity design and writing collapsing. Specialized creative thriving.
Read analysisFinance
RestructuringBLS 2026-07: employment -1.05% YoY
Back-office operations shrinking 15-25%. Compliance paradoxically growing. Relationship banking untouched.
Read analysisHealthcare
Early StageBLS 2026-07: employment +1.21% YoY · layoffs 0.6% · openings 5.1%
Medical transcription nearly extinct. Coding restructuring. Clinical roles completely unaffected.
Read analysisLabor Market
UnevenBLS 2026-07: employment +0.27% YoY
Customer support, entry-level writing, and translation actively displaced. Skilled trades and healthcare unaffected.
Read analysisSoftware Development
RestructuringBLS 2026-07: employment -2.18% YoY · layoffs 2.3% · openings 2.8%
Junior coding jobs contracting 15-20%. Senior engineering roles growing 25%+. Net employment roughly flat — the bottom of the ladder is gone.
Read analysisEducation
Early StageBLS 2026-07: employment +1.21% YoY · layoffs 1.5% · openings 3.3%
Teacher employment stable. Student AI usage skyrocketing. Disruption is in how students learn, not how schools operate.
Read analysisRetail & E-commerce
Early StageBLS 2026-07: employment +0.32% YoY · layoffs 0.9% · openings 4.5%
Product descriptions, SEO copy, and inventory forecasting automated. Physical retail and in-store experience unaffected.
Read analysisLogistics
Actively DisruptingBLS 2026-07: employment +0.32% YoY · layoffs 0.9% · openings 4.5%
Warehouse robotics concentrated at mega-fulfillment centers. Autonomous trucking commercial on Texas corridors. Mid-market still manual.
Read analysisManufacturing
NarrowBLS 2026-07: employment +0.32% YoY · layoffs 0.7% · openings 3.6%
Machine vision inspection and demand forecasting crossed into routine deployment. The lights-out factory remains aspirational.
Read analysisMedia & Journalism
Actively DisruptingBLS 2026-07: employment -2.18% YoY · layoffs 2.3% · openings 2.8%
Routine earnings recaps, sports, and templated SEO content automated. Broader newsroom collapse predates AI by 15 years.
Read analysisConsulting
RestructuringBLS 2026-07: employment +0.65% YoY · layoffs 0.5% · openings 4.2%
Entry-level analyst hiring contracting as AI compresses research hours 30-60%. Billable-hour leverage model bending, not breaking.
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