Briefing AI and Entry-Level Jobs January 2026

How AI is Changing Early Careers: A View from Entry-Level Workers2 Percentage (%) of entry-level respondents who answered “to a large extent” or “to a very large extent” when asked how each emotion describes their view of AI’s impact on their work (multiple answers possible). FIGURE 2 Note: Results for some countries are not individually shown for Figures 2 and 3, due to small sample sizes. Source: PwC, Global Workforce Hopes & Fears Survey, 2025. Argentina Australia Belgium Brazil Canada China Colombia Czechia France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Ireland Italy Japan Malaysia Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Norway Philippines Poland Romania Singapore South Africa Korea, Republic of Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Türkiye United Kingdom United States Viet Nam Global24% 31% 43% 36% 30% 33% 23% 31% 42% 30% 38% 26% 27% 34% 25% 24% 28% 22% 38% 24% 29% 28% 23% 40% 32% 24% 29% 27% 26% 30% 28% 31% 30% 31% 21% 25% 21% 29%35% 29% 31% 49% 23% 50% 45% 35% 39% 28% 45% 20% 25% 61% 47% 23% 45% 30% 56% 43% 34% 20% 33% 45% 38% 32% 30% 41% 40% 35% 40% 40% 49% 52% 19% 28% 36% 38%50% 34% 46% 58% 34% 52% 50% 37% 51% 44% 48% 26% 39% 56% 58% 36% 59% 35% 74% 46% 47% 29% 40% 58% 51% 47% 35% 56% 39% 49% 44% 56% 54% 55% 29% 35% 48% 47%17% 24% 31% 23% 22% 27% 19% 22% 33% 13% 32% 16% 16% 29% 16% 24% 22% 22% 27% 24% 19% 21% 19% 25% 32% 21% 22% 17% 23% 28% 25% 20% 21% 32% 19% 18% 14% 22% Primary emotion Secondary emotionWorried Confused Excited Curious