McKinsey: AI Could Force 11 Million Americans to Change Jobs by 2035

The headline number matters less than the composition: McKinsey frames this as an occupational-switching problem, not a simple unemployment one, which shifts the policy question toward retraining capacity and income support during transitions. The detail that six of seven affected workers face both retraining needs and income losses suggests the adjustment burden falls hardest on workers least able to absorb it. Whether the projected tripling in switching actually materializes — and whether retraining infrastructure scales to match — is the open question worth tracking.