• 对于那些有幸在当今白领就业市场开启职业生涯的Z世代而言,不要指望能获得加薪。自疫情爆发以来,面对面服务行业需求激增,推动酒店业、医疗保健行业薪资上涨,且涨幅超过通胀水平。与此同时,白领科技类岗位薪资却陷入停滞,人工智能是造成这一现象的原因之一。
Z世代毕业生在抛帽庆祝毕业之后,正面临愈发严峻的现实:他们的技能已被ChatGPT超越,而且加薪不够稳定,无法随意挥霍,只能买杯燕麦拿铁。
而如今又添新打击:他们那些未获得学位、从事调酒师或咖啡师工作的朋友,薪资涨幅竟超过了他们。休闲与酒店业的薪资增速已超越白领岗位,彻底打破了年轻从业者“唯有白领职业能实现收入增长”的固有认知。
Bankrate的最新分析显示,自2021年起,酒店业从业者薪资涨幅已接近30%,较通胀水平高出4%以上;医疗保健行业从业者薪资涨幅也超过了通胀水平,过去四年涨幅约为25%。
然而,专业商务服务、金融及教育领域从业者的薪资增速却未能赶上通货膨胀的速度。以教师为例,其薪资增速比通胀水平低近5%。
不过,即便如此,Z世代也不太可能纷纷涌向当地酒吧或星巴克工作。
初级科技岗位等白领工作的薪资水平仍相对较高——在美国,此类岗位的平均时薪为19.57美元;而酒店业普通咖啡师平均时薪约为16美元。不过,自数年前通胀首次飙升以来,白领群体的薪资增速始终跟不上物价上涨的步伐。零售、贸易、医疗保健、休闲、酒店及食品服务行业,即便从业者时薪较低,但从长远来看,其薪资涨幅却更为突出。
白领就业市场陷入停滞
在白领就业市场,从业者——尤其是像Z世代这样的应届毕业生——正面临另一重严峻现实:金融活动、专业商务服务等白领领域工作人员正面临招聘速度放缓的困境。
尽管初级员工向往科技公司办公室的光鲜亮丽与随时供应的冷萃咖啡,但就在上周,Meta暂停了新人工智能部门的招聘——此前该公司大肆招揽人才、不惜砸下重金聘请大批人工智能研究人员与工程师,甚至开出1亿美元的签约奖金,如今这轮烧钱式招聘已正式落幕。亚马逊(Amazon)首席执行官安迪·贾西(Andy Jassy)也表示,除追求“效率提升”外,人工智能的应用可能意味着白领岗位将面临裁员。
并非只有办公室职员面临挑战:教育行业的薪资与通胀差距最大,建筑行业紧随其后。
即便Z世代足够幸运,获得了梦寐以求的科技行业工作,晋升之路也可能受阻。近期一项调查显示,在“大辞职潮”期间飙升的晋升率已开始回落:2025年5月整体晋升率为10.3%,低于2022年5月14.6%的峰值。(*)
译者:中慧言-王芳
• 对于那些有幸在当今白领就业市场开启职业生涯的Z世代而言,不要指望能获得加薪。自疫情爆发以来,面对面服务行业需求激增,推动酒店业、医疗保健行业薪资上涨,且涨幅超过通胀水平。与此同时,白领科技类岗位薪资却陷入停滞,人工智能是造成这一现象的原因之一。
Z世代毕业生在抛帽庆祝毕业之后,正面临愈发严峻的现实:他们的技能已被ChatGPT超越,而且加薪不够稳定,无法随意挥霍,只能买杯燕麦拿铁。
而如今又添新打击:他们那些未获得学位、从事调酒师或咖啡师工作的朋友,薪资涨幅竟超过了他们。休闲与酒店业的薪资增速已超越白领岗位,彻底打破了年轻从业者“唯有白领职业能实现收入增长”的固有认知。
Bankrate的最新分析显示,自2021年起,酒店业从业者薪资涨幅已接近30%,较通胀水平高出4%以上;医疗保健行业从业者薪资涨幅也超过了通胀水平,过去四年涨幅约为25%。
然而,专业商务服务、金融及教育领域从业者的薪资增速却未能赶上通货膨胀的速度。以教师为例,其薪资增速比通胀水平低近5%。
不过,即便如此,Z世代也不太可能纷纷涌向当地酒吧或星巴克工作。
初级科技岗位等白领工作的薪资水平仍相对较高——在美国,此类岗位的平均时薪为19.57美元;而酒店业普通咖啡师平均时薪约为16美元。不过,自数年前通胀首次飙升以来,白领群体的薪资增速始终跟不上物价上涨的步伐。零售、贸易、医疗保健、休闲、酒店及食品服务行业,即便从业者时薪较低,但从长远来看,其薪资涨幅却更为突出。
白领就业市场陷入停滞
在白领就业市场,从业者——尤其是像Z世代这样的应届毕业生——正面临另一重严峻现实:金融活动、专业商务服务等白领领域工作人员正面临招聘速度放缓的困境。
尽管初级员工向往科技公司办公室的光鲜亮丽与随时供应的冷萃咖啡,但就在上周,Meta暂停了新人工智能部门的招聘——此前该公司大肆招揽人才、不惜砸下重金聘请大批人工智能研究人员与工程师,甚至开出1亿美元的签约奖金,如今这轮烧钱式招聘已正式落幕。亚马逊(Amazon)首席执行官安迪·贾西(Andy Jassy)也表示,除追求“效率提升”外,人工智能的应用可能意味着白领岗位将面临裁员。
并非只有办公室职员面临挑战:教育行业的薪资与通胀差距最大,建筑行业紧随其后。
即便Z世代足够幸运,获得了梦寐以求的科技行业工作,晋升之路也可能受阻。近期一项调查显示,在“大辞职潮”期间飙升的晋升率已开始回落:2025年5月整体晋升率为10.3%,低于2022年5月14.6%的峰值。(*)
译者:中慧言-王芳
• For the Gen Zers fortunate enough to start in today’s white-collar job market, don’t anticipate any raises. Since the pandemic, demand for in-person services has pushed up wages in hospitality and health care, outpacing inflation. Meanwhile, white-collar tech jobs are in a freeze, with AI being one of the culprits.
Gen Z graduates are facing an increasingly tough reality after tossing their caps into the air: Not only are their skills being outpaced by ChatGPT, but they aren’t getting raises consistent enough to splurge on anything more than an oat-milk latte.
But there’s now a new nail in coffin: Their non-degree friends working as bartenders and baristas are seeing bigger pay raises than they are. Wage growth in leisure and hospitality is outpacing white-collar jobs, flipping the script on where young workers can find earning momentum.
A new analysis by Bankrate found hospitality workers’ wages have risen by nearly 30% since 2021, outpacing inflation by more than 4%. Health care workers have similarly outpaced inflation and seen their salaries go up by around 25% in the past four years.
However, those working in professional and business services, the finance industry, and education have not seen wage gains that keep up with inflation. Teachers, for example, are pacing at nearly 5% below inflation.
Yet, Gen Z isn’t likely to flock to work at the local pub or Starbucks.
White-collar jobs such as entry-level tech gigs still come with larger paychecks—averaging at $19.57 an hour in the U.S. But in the hospitality industry, an average barista makes about $16 dollars per hour. Still, since inflation first spiked a few years ago, wages have still been falling behind for white-collar workers. Workers in retail, trade, health care, leisure, hospitality, and food services making less per hour, are watching their paychecks grow more over time.
The white-collar freeze
Across the white-collar job market, workers—especially fresh-faced graduates like Gen Z—are being hit with another tough reality: Workers in white-collar financial activities or professional and business services are encountering a slower pace of hiring.
While entry-level workers crave the glam of tech offices and cold brew on tap, just this week, Meta paused hiring for its new artificial intelligence division, ending a spending spree that saw it acquire a wave of costly AI researchers and engineers, and included signing bonuses of $100 million. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy also has said in addition to “efficiency gains,” he expects AI could mean white-collar job cuts.
And it’s not just desk workers who are being challenged. Education saw the biggest wage gap relative to inflation, followed by construction.
And even if Gen Zers are lucky enough to land that tech job of their dreams, their promotions may not follow. A recent survey found that promotion rates have slowed after surging during the Great Resignation. The overall promotion rate was 10.3% in May 2025, down from a peak of 14.6% in May 2022.