The AI ​​aims for office jobs – now barmans and baristas see greater wage growth than office employees

But there is now a new nail in Coffin: their non -degree friends who work like Barmans and Baristas see greater salary increases than them. The growth of leisure wages and hospitality exceeds jobs in white collar, overthrowing the scenario on the place where young workers can find momentum.

A new analysis by Bankrate revealed that hotel workers have increased by almost 30% since 2021, exceeding inflation by more than 4%. Health workers have also exceeded inflation and have seen their wages increase by around 25% in the past four years.

However, those working in professional and commercial services, financial industry and education have not experienced wage gains that follow inflation. Teachers, for example, make pace to almost 5% below inflation.

However, generation Z cannot flock to work in local or Starbucks advertising.

White collar jobs such as entry -level technology concerts are always delivered with larger payroll checks – $ 19.57 an hour in the United States, but in the hotel industry, an average barista wins around 16 dollars per hour. However, since inflation has increased for the first time a few years ago, wages have always been late for white collars. Retail workers, commerce, health care, leisure, hospitality and food services make less per hour, look at their pay checks develop more over time.

White passes frost

On the labor market of white collars, workers – in particular fresh face graduates like Gen Z – are struck by another difficult reality: workers in financial activities in white collar or professional and commercial services encounter a slower rate of hiring.

While entry -level workers are looking for the glamor of technological firms and cold brewing, just this week, Meta has paused hiring for its new artificial intelligence division, ending a wave of expenses that saw it acquire a wave of expensive AI researchers and engineers, and included signing bonuses of $ 100 million. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy also said that in addition to “efficiency gains”, it expects the AI ​​to mean white collar work.

And it is not only office employees who are challenged. Education has experienced the largest wage gap in relation to inflation, followed by construction.

And even if General Zers has the chance to get this technological work from their dreams, their promotions may not follow. A recent survey revealed that promotion rates slowed down after increasing during the great resignation. The overall promotion rate was 10.3% in May 2025, against a peak of 14.6% in May 2022.