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January 24, 2013

Tech is taking a toll on middle class jobs

  • Technology advances are producing wondrous products and services, but they are replacing jobs that pay $38,000 to $68,000 a year.
    • By BERNARD CONDON
    AP Business Writer

    WASHINGTON — Art Liscano knows he's an endangered species in the job market: He's a meter reader in Fresno, Calif. For 26 years, he's driven from house to house, checking how much electricity Pacific Gas & Electric customers have used.

    But PG&E doesn't need many people like Liscano making rounds anymore. Every day, the utility replaces 1,200 old-fashioned meters with digital versions that can collect information without human help, generate more accurate power bills, even send an alert if the power goes out.


     
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