AI job postings surge in Seattle area

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A sharp surge in demand for artificial intelligence-powered products and services has reshaped the Seattle-area job market.

Employers in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area created 14,525 AI-related job postings in 2024, according to research conducted by analysts at the University of Maryland and job data firm LinkUp. Nationwide, Seattle trailed only New York – which has a much larger employment base.

Seattle’s geographic proximity to some of the largest tech companies means the local economy is more likely to keep adding new jobs, co-lead researcher Anil Gupta told the Business Journal. The diversity in jobs might diminish, though.

“AI is disrupting the vast majority of jobs, and soon enough, it will disrupt every job,” said Gupta, a University of Maryland professor. "Will AI jobs kill some jobs? That answer is yes. Will AI create net unemployment? I think the jury is still totally out.”

https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2025/06/23/employers-artificial-intelligence-job-posting.html

Will disrupt every job. Is that a good or a bad thing?

[highplainsdem]

1. It's a bad thing, because the goal for the AI companies and most of the employers they're trying to

sell AI to is simply to replace as many employees as possible with AI.

Look at what Musk and his people did to federal agencies. That's the near-term goal. With the ultimate dream, as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has admitted, billion dollar companies with only the owner/CEO assisted by AI, no employees needed.

[SheltieLover]

2. Absolutely!

[Crowman2009]

3. I wish it was the other way around.

Because their is nothing more wasteful in a company than executives.