AI reshapes global labour market into two distinct paths, rewarding human skills (opens in new tab)

PwC 2026 Global AI Jobs Barometer AI is creating a ‘two-track’ labour market: ‘professionalised’ roles (in which AI acts like a force multiplier for experts, requiring more human-intensive skills) see greater growth across headcount and wages than ‘democratised’ roles (in which AI makes the role itself easier for non-experts to perform) Companies most able to ...