LOSING YOUR JOB TO AI LEAVES SCARS THAT LAST A DECADE — WAGES DOWN, LIFE DOWN A new analysis finds that workers displaced by AI suffer earnings 10 percentage points below non-displaced peers a full decade after job loss, alongside delayed homeownership and lower marriage rates — consequences that mirror but exceed traditional factory automation. Unlike past waves, AI-driven displacement is hitting white-collar workers who have fewer fallback options and little union protection. Keywords: AI job displacement consequences, AI unemployment long term, AI scarring effect, white collar job loss AI