Should workers be paid for AI skills?

Dive Brief:

• While nearly a quarter of employers say they consider AI fluency an unrewarded baseline skill, the majority of workers disagree. More than half of the employees surveyed by compensation software company Payscale said they should earn more for developing AI skills, according to a recent report.
• At the same time, 61% of employers said they’re rewriting job descriptions because of AI, but less than half say their salary structures have kept up with the tech changes.
• More than 4 in 10 companies say they can’t find talent with the AI skills they need, which means they are likely to pay more for workers who do, Payscale said. That creates a potential “retention time bomb” as “current employees who upskill on AI will watch with resentment as new hires command 20% to 40% premiums they aren’t getting.”

Dive Insight:

While 58% of companies said they are already paying...

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