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Operating modelRelevance · high2026-08-27
PwC·8 min read

AI exposure now a clear driver of productivity outperformance

Professional ServicesFinancial ServicesTechnology

PwC’s latest AI Jobs Barometer analysis shows that companies in the most AI-exposed sectors recorded around 34 percent labour productivity growth between 2018 and 2025, versus 24 percent for the least exposed, with professional services among the sectors where AI is most tightly linked to revenue-per-employee gains.

Why it matters for leaders
As a leader in professional services, this reinforces that AI is now a structural performance driver, not a side experiment. Your investors and board will increasingly expect AI exposure in your operating model, talent mix, and service portfolio to show up in margins and revenue per FTE.
Opportunity signal

You can position your firm as a productivity outlier by explicitly tying AI initiatives to revenue-per-partner and revenue-per-consultant metrics, and by concentrating AI investment in the most leverageable parts of your delivery model rather than spreading pilots thinly.

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Risk signal

If AI exposure in your business remains low relative to peers, you risk a widening productivity and profitability gap that becomes hard to close, particularly if competitors build AI‑enabled services that reset client expectations on speed and price.

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