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title: "Data Nugget: Robots Are Coming for Your Job (But Not Mine)"
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According to Pew Research Center, about two-thirds of Americans see automation as a threat to the workforce in general, but 80 percent believe their jobs will continue to exist over that span.

### Will Robots Take Over the Workforce?

**Percentage of Americans** who say, in the next 50 years, robots and computers will or will not do much of the work humans do today:

**3 percent** not sure

**32 percent** will not happen

**65 percent** will happen

### Will My Job Go Away?

**Percentage of Americans** who say, in the next 50 years, their job will or will not continue to exist in its current form

**2 percent** not sure

**18 percent** will NOT exist

**80 percent** will exist

*Source: Pew Research Center*

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[Ernie Smith](https://associationsnow.com/author/ernie-smith/)

Ernie Smith is a former senior editor for Associations Now.

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