Job Ads for AI-Exposed Occupations Fall 11%, With Meter Readers and Parking Attendants Especially Vulnerable

South Korea’s job market is beginning to show the impact of artificial intelligence, with postings for highly exposed occupations declining while demand rises for jobs less vulnerable to automation.

A Korea Employment Information Service report found that average postings for high-exposure occupations fell 10.9% between 2020 and last year. Over the same period, postings for medium-exposure jobs increased 15.7%, and postings for low-exposure jobs rose 25.9%.

The agency calculated AI exposure across 923 occupations by examining how much of each job’s detailed work could be performed or assisted by artificial intelligence. The occupations with the steepest declines included content and website operators, web programmers, systems programmers, technical sales workers, research, analysis and statistics workers, and inbound telemarketers.

The findings point to a labor-market shift as AI takes over routine tasks more quickly. Meter readers and parking attendants were identified in the headline as especially vulnerable, showing that the pressure extends beyond office-based technology roles.