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 44%35%21% 48% 30% 22% 2030 28%35%38% 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 Providing effect ive reskilling and upsk illing 71% 63% Suppor ting employee health and well-be ing 65% 64% Improving talent pr ogression and pr omot ion pr ocesses 61% 62% Offer ing remote and hybr id work oppor tunities w ithin countr ies 58% 43% Tapping into d iverse talent pools 57% 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Global INDUSTR YGLOBAL Skills gaps in the labour market 66% 63% Organization cultur e and r esistance to change 52% 46% Outdated or inﬂex ible r egulator y framework 44% 39% Lack of adequate data and techn ical infrastructur e 38% 32% Inability to attract talent to the industr y 34% 37%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%45%8% 41% 8% 0% 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 28% -100% +100% 1% Talent development of ex isting workfor ce 23% -100% +100% 15% Talent r etent ion of ex isting workfor ce 37% -100% +100% 37%DEI Actions Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the d ivers ity, equ ity and inclus ion measur e 58 Global51 Run compr ehens ive DEI tra ining for managers and staff57 Global48 Targeted r ecruitment, r etent ion and progression initiatives47 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 80 Global77 Resk illing and upsk illing your ex isting workfor ce to better work alongs ide AI74 Global69 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to des ign AI tools and enhancements appr opriate for the organ ization-spec iﬁc sk ills69 Global62 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to better work alongs ide AI2 / 2 Industry Proﬁle Financial services and Capital markets Future of Jobs Report 2025 257