# Nvidia's Chief Executive Puts a Wage Figure on Humanoid Robots

Jensen Huang says the world will be short at least 50 million workers by the end of the decade and that robots will effectively be paid about $50,000 a year, with manufacturing as the first market.

- Published: 2026-09-19T06:16:00.678Z
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Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, continues to argue that humanoid robotics will become the largest industrial market of all, and he has attached specific numbers to the claim. He says the world will be at least 50 million worker…

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