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Signals I’m Watching · Selected Sep 24, 2026 · Indeed Hiring Lab

Economists expect AI to squeeze college grads' paychecks first

“The diffusion index reading on whether AI would have a more negative impact on the wages of college-educated or non-college-educated workers fell from a near-neutral 47.3 last quarter to 42.4 in this edition of the survey, the most pronounced quarter-over-quarter change in the entire survey.”

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Cite: Poleg, Dror. “Economists expect AI to squeeze college grads' paychecks first” Signals I’m Watching, Sep 24, 2026. https://www.drorpoleg.com/signals/economists-expect-ai-to-squeeze-college-grads-paychecks-first/