Abstract
<jats:p>In the context of digital transformation, the structure of professional opportunities for knowledge workers is un-dergoing profound changes: while new horizons for development are opening up, the risks of professional ine-quality are also intensifying. Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of cultural capital, the author uses the three forms of cultural capital and their relationship to the field as the main analytical framework for examining how cultural capital is transformed under digital transformation and what professional consequences this entails. The study shows that the professional differentiation of knowledge workers is manifested primarily in differ-ences in their ability to convert cultural capital into digital competencies, as well as in the degree to which that capital corresponds to the rules of the digital professional-organizational field. Digital transformation may in-tensify professional inequality in skill requirements, evaluation mechanisms, and resource allocation as oppor-tunities for professional development expand. To prevent such inequality, it is necessary to enhance digital literacy, improve the system of professional evaluation, and narrow the digital divide in access to resources, thereby helping to ensure equal opportunities in the digital environment.</jats:p>