The top-earning profession on our list is that of\u00a0economists<\/strong>, which stand a 43% chance that they will be displaced and forced to find other ways to make a living; actuaries<\/strong>, which boast a median yearly income of $106,478, are slightly less \u2018endangered,\u2019 with a 21% chance of losing their jobs to automation. What\u2019s interesting to see is that even jobs that require attention to detail, capacity for analysis and decision-making are likely to become automated: judicial workers such as judges and magistrate<\/strong>s<\/em> run a 40% risk of being displaced.<\/p>\n The most \u2018endangered\u2019 white-collar job in the U.S. seems to be that of compensation and benefits managers<\/strong>. The number of jobs in this profession has been declining over the past couple of years, and there is now a 96% chance of that number eventually becoming zero. That of course doesn\u2019t mean that the 16,000 employees in this profession will necessarily have to pick a new career path. Since these managers handle a company\u2019s benefits program and the internal pay structure, they can possibly transition into a human resources department or they could just switch to a different managerial position with similar responsibilities. So, for some, the transition could be as simple as a job title change. The same goes for budget analysts<\/strong>, which have a 94% chance of being displaced\u2014a budget analyst could easily transition into a position of accountant, financial adviser, marketing analyst, financial analyst, actuary, or revenue collector, to name a few. Therefore, while the title itself might become obsolete, those who work in this profession could easily find work in similar occupations which require a similar set of skills.<\/p>\n If you look closely at the table above, you’ll notice one profession that stands out among all the others, through numbers alone: managers. The number of jobs in this branch has been on a constant rise over the past decade, growing from 3.1 million managers in 2011 to 4.3 million in 2017. But these professionals stand a 25% of being displaced due to automation in the future, which makes us wonder how that might affect company costs and the overall business landscape.<\/p>\n Firstly, employees in the management profession take up a lot<\/em> of office space–660 million square feet, to be exact (based on the assumption that the average office of a manager has 150 square feet). To put that number in perspective, think of it this way: the 4.3 million managers currently working in the U.S. could fill up 174 Willis Towers. Furthermore, managers usually need to have an actual, physical office so that they can manage and communicate effectively with those under their supervision. If the management branch becomes automated, those who work in this field might be able to land positions where they can work remotely or in a co-working space, and thus plenty of office space could be freed up for other uses.<\/p>\n Not only do managers occupy a huge amount of office space, but they also cost companies a lot of money. Since there are so many people working in this professions, the employee costs can reach sky-high numbers. Companies spend over $31 billion in leasing costs each year, just to accommodate the growing number of management employees. Managers also cost businesses $3.4 billion in snack budgets and $99 billion in benefits each year, according to our calculations based on BLS data. By automating the management branch, which takes up so much office space in the U.S., we could also lower our energy and natural gas consumption, which ultimately benefits everyone: managers consume 13 billion kWh per year in electricity and 16 billion cubic feet in natural gas (you can check how much it costs to employ people in each of the 20 professions by downloading our full data set<\/a><\/em>).<\/p>\n We don’t mean to scare anyone, but if you’re currently in a management position, you might not want to get too attached to that spacious corner office.<\/p>\n The automation of some professions can ultimately lead to the creation of new ones, so the people working in those fields won’t end up out of work, but rather they will find alternative career paths. However, there is one factor that can make or break this process, and that is age. These days, the spotlight is directed at Millennials, or young professionals who are tech savvy and can bring fresh ideas and concepts to the table. For these tech-oriented, flexible young adults, the majority of whom are unencumbered by family responsibilities (people are having children and getting married at a much older age than they used to), switching jobs or fields of work won’t be such a big issue. For those who are in their 40s, 50s or 60s, however, the transition is likely to be tricky, as ageism is a big issue in the hiring process.<\/p>\n Employers such as Facebook, Verizon or Amazon, to name just a few, have chosen to exclude certain age groups from the hiring process by targeting specific generations in their job ads, and this practice is apparently widespread across all industries, according to a CNBC report. This reluctance to hire older workers will have the biggest impact on professions where the majority of employees are part of older generations, such as judicial workers<\/em> and agricultural engineers<\/em> (most of whom are aged between 55 and 64 years), as well as budget analysts<\/em>, compensation and benefits managers<\/em>, space scientists<\/em> and economists<\/em> (most of whom are aged between 45 and 54 years). It’s hard enough for older employees to find work in their own field, but if they are to be displaced, it will be that much more difficult for them to learn a new skill set and land a job in a field in which they have no previous experience. Even if some white collar jobs may be replaced by automation in the near future, the office will still remain a hub for white collar jobs where professionals can collaborate and exchange ideas. 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