Age Bias in Hiring2025n = 3,580
34% of workers 50+ fear AI threatens their job (n=3,580)
34% of US workers age 50+ are concerned that AI could jeopardise their job security, and 74% see their age as a hiring barrier; 24% plan to change jobs in 2025.
Primary source
AARP Research, Jan 2025
https://www.aarp.org/pri/topics/work-finances-retirement/employers-workforce/older-job-seekers-age-discrimination-artificial-intelligence/Published 2025 — sample n = 3,580 — compiled by JobCannon Research.
Why this stat matters
This figure belongs to the age bias in hiringvertical of JobCannon's ongoing review of hiring, AI, and career-outcome research. We track it because it is one of the few primary-source estimates with a published sample, methodology, or legal record. Cite the original source first; this page exists to make the figure easy to find and link to.
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