Future of Jobs Report 2025

Upskilling and reskilling outlook 39 Global41 Would not need tra ining by 203027 Global29 Would be upsk illed in the ir current role21 Global19 Would be upsk illed and redeployed13 Global11 Would be unl ikely to upsk ill Human-machine frontier Human-machine frontier % of tasks completed by pr edom inantly people, pr edom inantly technology , or a comb ination of both Human Global Comb ination Global Technology Global ALL TASKS Now 48%33%20% 48% 30% 22% 2030 33%38%29% 33% 33% 34%Public policy Public policies to improve talent availability Share of r espondents who agr ee that the par ticular publ ic pol icy has the gr eatest potent ial to increase the talent ava ilability Economy Global ECONOMY GLOBAL Provision of r eskilling and upsk illing 58% 52% Fund ing for r eskilling and upsk illing 53% 55% Flexibility on h iring and fir ing pract ices 51% 44% Flexibility on sett ing wages 43% 38% Improvements to publ ic educat ion systems 36% 47% Key barriers for business transformation Transformation barriers Share of organ isations surveyed expect ing the barr iers w ill hinder the ir organ isation transfor mation Economy Global ECONOMY GLOBAL Organization cultur e and r esistance to change 55% 46% Inability to attract talent to the industr y 49% 37% Skills gaps in the labour market 41% 63% Insuffic ient understand ing of oppor tunities 38% 25% Lack of adequate data and techn ical infrastructur e 36% 32%Wage outlook Wage trends Share of organ izations pr oject ing the shar e of wages and other for ms of workers’ compensat ion as percentage of the company’ s total r evenues Growing Global Similar Global Declining Global 46%50%4% 52% 41% 8% Talent availability outlook Talent trend Share of r espondents who expect the ir talent ava ilability to improve or worsen in five years Improving Global average Worsen ing Global average Talent ava ilability when h iring 47% -100% +100% 23% Talent development of ex isting workfor ce 0% -100% +100% 80% Talent r etent ion of ex isting workfor ce 18% -100% +100% 30%DEI Actions Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the d ivers ity, equ ity and inclus ion measur e 65 Global51 Run compr ehens ive DEI tra ining for managers and staff45 Global42 Set DEI goals, targets or quotas45 Global48 Targeted r ecruitment, r etent ion and progression initiatives AI Strategy Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the stated strategy in response to AI's increasing capab ility and pr evalence 88 Global77 Resk illing and upsk illing your ex isting workfor ce to better work alongs ide AI68 Global69 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to des ign AI tools and enhancements appr opriate for the organ ization-spec ific sk ills68 Global62 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to better work alongs ide AI2 / 2 Economy Profile JapanWorking Age Population (Millions) 98.4 Future of Jobs Report 2025 159