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 38%37%26% 48% 30% 22% 2030 28%35%37% 33% 33% 34%Business Practice Business practices to improve talent availability Top pract ices w ith the gr eatest potent ial to improve talent ava ilability (shar e of organ izations surveyed) Industr y Global INDUSTR YGLOBAL Improving talent pr ogression and pr omot ion pr ocesses 75% 62% Suppor ting employee health and well-be ing 63% 64% Offer ing h igher wages 50% 50% Articulate bus iness purpose and impact 46% 37% Tapping into d iverse talent pools 46% 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 Industr y Global INDUSTR YGLOBAL Skills gaps in the labour market 56% 63% Inability to attract talent to the industr y 50% 37% Organization cultur e and r esistance to change 44% 46% Outdated or inﬂex ible r egulator y framework 44% 39% Inability to attract talent to my ﬁr m 41% 27%Wage outlook Wage trends Share of organ izations pr oject ing the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% 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 33% -100% +100% 25% Talent development of ex isting workfor ce 4% -100% +100% 75% Talent r etent ion of ex isting workfor ce 17% -100% +100% 54%DEI Actions Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the d ivers ity, equ ity and inclus ion measur e 48 Global51 Run compr ehens ive DEI tra ining for managers and staff48 Global42 Set DEI goals, targets or quotas44 Global39 Pay equ ity reviews and salar y aud its AI Strategy Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the stated strategy in response to AI's increasing capab ility and pr evalence 65 Global69 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to des ign AI tools and enhancements appr opriate for the organ ization-spec iﬁc sk ills65 Global77 Resk illing and upsk illing your ex isting workfor ce to better work alongs ide AI48 Global62 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to better work alongs ide AI2 / 2 Industry Proﬁle Chemical and Advanced materials Future of Jobs Report 2025 249