Artificial intelligence is already changing the Texas job market.
Texas companies are posting fewer openings for jobs that involve tasks generative AI can perform, according to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
The effect is still relatively small across the entire Texas job market. But for some types of jobs — particularly white-collar positions — the difference is becoming much more noticeable.
By early 2025, postings for jobs more exposed to AI had fallen about 8% compared with jobs less exposed to the technology, Dallas Fed economists Samuel Dodini and Tucker Smith found.
5,000+ business leaders across the Valley start their day with us.
Join them free!
RGV Business Journal is the only newsroom dedicated exclusively to the business and economic forces driving South Texas and the border economy.
Our subscribers get:
Try it free for 30 days.
Start My Free Trial$9.95/month after trial. Cancel anytime.
RGV Business Journal Staff
Staff
Most Read
- U.S. Energy Secretary says visas ‘won’t be an issue’ for Port of Brownsville oil refinery
- Texas is deciding which Valley communities will get a powerful investment incentive
- UTRGV marks decade of growth, record enrollment, and regional impact
- Brownsville data center debate rolled into larger zoning ban on event centers, social clubs and more
- Harlingen to renovate Victor Park with $1.5M pool, splash pad project
Get the latest business news delivered to your inbox every morning for free.
Try 30 Days Free!
Get full access to award-winning journalism covering business, real estate, health care, economic trends, and the people shaping the Rio Grande Valley.
30 Days Free!
$9.95/month
Limited time offer
Subscription renews after your 30 day free trial at $9.95/mo.
Included Benefits
- Unlimited access to all articles
- Daily business news and analysis
- Subscriber-only content and features
Stories That Matter
- Produce company plans $3M expansion in South McAllen
- McAllen targets new trade with Mexican manufacturing hub as border bridge expands
- TownePlace Suites by Marriott moves forward with $6.25M McAllen hotel
- Dallas Fed finds AI is already cutting into Texas job postings
- Reynosa’s newest technical high school focuses on AI, semiconductors and bionics
- Texas hospitals are losing $27M a day in Medicaid funding. Here’s why the Valley should care
- Business leaders defend Brownsville’s $220M SpaceX water agreement after contentious vote
- Mission’s first Small Business Expo puts $25K on the line for local entrepreneurs
- McCoy’s gives $10K, tools to launch Mid-Valley construction academy
- UT Health RGV performs new digestive procedure for first time in the Valley
