The New AI Career Divide Is Already Starting To Show

A Forbes article by Bernard Marr published April 27, 2026, reports that a growing wage gap separates workers who have AI-related skills from those who lack them. The article references PwC data from 2025 indicating that employees with AI skills command a 56% higher wage than their peers. It also notes that job cuts explicitly linked to AI currently account for approximately 5% of total layoffs in the United States.

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