Women are twice as likely than men to lose their jobs to robots

Women are twice as likely than men to lose their jobs to robots

Scott Olson / Getty Images As automation threatens the existence of millions of jobs across the US, not every American is equally at risk of being replaced by a robot.

Twice as many women than men are likely to lose their jobs as automation replaces human labor, according to a recent report by the Institute for Spatial Economic Analysis (ISEA).

That’s because women are more likely to be employed in roles that can be replaced by robots. For example, 97% of cashiers are expected to lose their jobs in the coming years to automation. As of 2016, 73% of cashiers are […]

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