Share of artificial intelligence jobs among all job postings in United States
United States: Share of artificial intelligence jobs among all job postings was 2.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of artificial intelligence jobs among all job postings in United States, 2014–2025
Source: Lightcast via AI Index Report (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of artificial intelligence jobs among all job postings in United States stood at 2.6%. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 54.6% on the previous year and up 296.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of artificial intelligence jobs among all job postings in United States peaked at 2.6% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2014.
That places United States 9th out of 22 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Share of artificial intelligence jobs among all job postings in United States, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.6% | — |
| 2015 | 0.6% | +14.7% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | +30.4% |
| 2018 | 1.1% | +30.9% |
| 2019 | 1.3% | +11.5% |
| 2020 | 1.2% | -9.2% |
| 2021 | 1.3% | +12.5% |
| 2022 | 1.5% | +14.0% |
| 2023 | 1.3% | -15.1% |
| 2024 | 1.7% | +30.7% |
| 2025 | 2.6% | +54.6% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 2.6% is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.9%, 1.3× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.3% | 6 |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 1.2% | 2.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near United States
More work & labour data for United States
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 113,208 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 61.24 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 178,849 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 4.4 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.05 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 159,991 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 141,322 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 58.55 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.27 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.3372 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of artificial intelligence jobs among all job postings in United States?
- Share of artificial intelligence jobs among all job postings in United States was 2.6% in 2025, according to Lightcast via AI Index Report (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of artificial intelligence jobs among all job postings recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 2.6% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of artificial intelligence jobs among all job postings recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2014.
- How does United States rank for share of artificial intelligence jobs among all job postings?
- United States ranks 9th out of 22 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of artificial intelligence jobs among all job postings rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 296.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States data come from?
- The figures come from Lightcast via AI Index Report (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of artificial intelligence jobs among all job postings. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of job postings that require at least one AI-related skill, such as machine learning, generative AI, or natural language processing.