Nearly half of Nevada's jobs are in occupations classified as highly susceptible to automation, putting the state at the top of a new national ranking and highlighting the exposure of workers who serve meals, sell merchandise, and handle routine transactions.
The analysis by CJS Automation, a British industrial automation parts supplier, places 48.79% of Nevada's covered employment in high-risk occupations, representing 718,030 jobs. That compares with 41.47% nationally, a gap of 7.32 percentage points.
