Future of Jobs Report 2025

Upskilling and reskilling outlook 41 Global41 Would not need tra ining by 203025 Global29 Would be upsk illed in the ir current role18 Global19 Would be upsk illed and redeployed15 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 51%31%18% 48% 30% 22% 2030 35%38%27% 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 Region Global REGION GLOBAL Provision of r eskilling and upsk illing 60% 52% Flexibility on h iring and fir ing pract ices 55% 44% Flexibility on sett ing wages 49% 38% Fund ing for r eskilling and upsk illing 43% 55% Changes to pens ion schemes and r etirement ages 36% 25% 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 Region Global REGION GLOBAL Organization cultur e and r esistance to change 64% 46% Inability to attract talent to the industr y 53% 37% Insuffic ient understand ing of oppor tunities 44% 25% Inability to attract talent to my fir m 41% 27% Outdated or inflex ible r egulator y framework 39% 39%Wage outlook Wage trends Share of organ izations pr oject ing the shar e of wages and other for ms of workers’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 55%43%2% 52% 41% 7% 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 51% -100% +100% 28% Talent development of ex isting workfor ce 0% -100% +100% 83% Talent r etent ion of ex isting workfor ce 23% -100% +100% 30%DEI Actions Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the d ivers ity, equ ity and inclus ion measur e 60 Global51 Run compr ehens ive DEI tra ining for managers and staff38 Global33 Anti-harrasment pr otocols36 Global42 Set DEI goals, targets or quotas AI Strategy Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the stated strategy in response to AI's increasing capab ility and pr evalence 82 Global77 Resk illing and upsk illing your ex isting workfor ce to better work alongs ide AI70 Global62 Hiring new people w ith sk ills 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 ills2 / 2 Region Profile Eastern AsiaWorking Age Population (Millions) 1167.5 Future of Jobs Report 2025 225