66%
66% of US employees in remote-capable jobs use AI (19% daily), against 32% in jobs that can't be done remotely (7% daily).
Gallup's release doesn't name the survey wave; the date shown is inferred.
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How We Use AISources checked October 24 to 29, 2026
Where things stand / Industries and jobs
Which jobs use AI most, how often job postings mention it, and whether it is costing young workers jobs.
Jobs that could be done remotely use AI far more than jobs done on site, and front-line use hasn't risen. Within any job, few tasks are done with AI by most of the people who do them.
66%
66% of US employees in remote-capable jobs use AI (19% daily), against 32% in jobs that can't be done remotely (7% daily).
Gallup's release doesn't name the survey wave; the date shown is inferred.
9%
Production and front-line workers' frequent AI use was 11% in 2023 and 9% in 2025, while 27% of white-collar employees used AI frequently in 2025.
under 3%
Fewer than 3% of job tasks have AI adoption above 50% among the workers who do them, and no task is above 70%.
35%
Tasks tied to computer and math occupations were 35% of Claude.ai conversations in February 2026; coding remains the top use.
Conversations are matched to occupations' tasks, not to the users' own jobs.
Disclosure: Anthropic makes Claude and studied its own product. Claude also helps research this site.
A growing share of job postings on Indeed mention AI. The measure counts postings, not jobs or hires.
7.2%
On average, 7.2% of US job postings on Indeed mentioned AI-related terms in September 2026, double the 3.6% of September 2025, in Indeed Hiring Lab's AI Tracker data released October 8, 2026.
A share of all postings on Indeed: any posting that uses the AI terms counts, whatever the reason, and Indeed restates past months with each release.
Disclosure: Indeed sells job ads; Hiring Lab is its research arm.
One payroll study finds fewer young people hired into the jobs most exposed to AI. Danish register data on AI-exposed jobs rule out all but small effects on earnings and hours. The evidence is contested.
19%
Employment of 22- to 25-year-olds in the most AI-exposed jobs is 19% below trend on the August 2026 measure, through fewer hires rather than layoffs.
Contested: Danish register data on AI-exposed jobs rule out all but small effects on earnings and hours. The authors say this measure can't be compared with their earlier one.
Two years after ChatGPT's launch, Danish register data rule out effects on earnings or hours above 2%; adopters report saving about 3% of work hours.
Daily AI use, industry by industry, from Gallup's own workbook. Technology is far ahead of the rest.
42%
In May 2026, 42% of US technology employees used AI at work daily, against 27% in finance, 22% in professional services and 9% to 15% in each of Gallup's other seven industries. From May 2025 to May 2026, daily use rose from 23% to 42% in technology and from 10% to 27% in finance, the only two of the ten industries where the occasional tier (total minus frequent users, on Gallup's published whole percents) shrank.
Who was asked: US employees aged 18 and older working full or part time for US organizations
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