AI statistics 2026

of US employer businesses used AI in a business function in the two weeks before the survey (5-18 Oct 2026)

Sample: About 1.2 million US employer businesses in six panels of about 200,000; each panel reports every 12 weeks. About 24,000 responses in the 5-18 Oct 2026 wave (Census response file URR.xlsx, 12% response rate).

of US employer businesses expect to use AI in a business function in the next six months (survey of 5-18 Oct 2026)

Sample: About 1.2 million US employer businesses in six panels of about 200,000; each panel reports every 12 weeks. About 24,000 responses in the 5-18 Oct 2026 wave (Census response file URR.xlsx, 12% response rate).

of US firms with 250 or more employees used AI in a business function in the last two weeks, almost twice the national rate

Sample: About 1.2 million US employer businesses in six panels of about 200,000; each panel reports every 12 weeks. About 24,000 responses in the 5-18 Oct 2026 wave (Census response file URR.xlsx, 12% response rate).

of US firms with 100 to 249 employees used AI in a business function in the last two weeks

Sample: About 1.2 million US employer businesses in six panels of about 200,000; each panel reports every 12 weeks. About 24,000 responses in the 5-18 Oct 2026 wave (Census response file URR.xlsx, 12% response rate).

of US firms with 1 to 4 employees used AI in a business function in the last two weeks, close to the 24.6% national rate

Sample: About 1.2 million US employer businesses in six panels of about 200,000; each panel reports every 12 weeks. About 24,000 responses in the 5-18 Oct 2026 wave (Census response file URR.xlsx, 12% response rate).

of US firms in the information sector used AI in the last two weeks, the highest of any sector

Sample: About 1.2 million US employer businesses in six panels of about 200,000; each panel reports every 12 weeks. About 24,000 responses in the 5-18 Oct 2026 wave (Census response file URR.xlsx, 12% response rate).

of US professional, scientific and technical services firms (lawyers, accountants, agencies, engineers) used AI in the last two weeks

Sample: About 1.2 million US employer businesses in six panels of about 200,000; each panel reports every 12 weeks. About 24,000 responses in the 5-18 Oct 2026 wave (Census response file URR.xlsx, 12% response rate).

of US finance and insurance firms used AI in the last two weeks

Sample: About 1.2 million US employer businesses in six panels of about 200,000; each panel reports every 12 weeks. About 24,000 responses in the 5-18 Oct 2026 wave (Census response file URR.xlsx, 12% response rate).

of US retail firms used AI in the last two weeks, below the 24.6% national rate

Sample: About 1.2 million US employer businesses in six panels of about 200,000; each panel reports every 12 weeks. About 24,000 responses in the 5-18 Oct 2026 wave (Census response file URR.xlsx, 12% response rate).

of US accommodation and food services firms (hotels, restaurants) used AI in the last two weeks

Sample: About 1.2 million US employer businesses in six panels of about 200,000; each panel reports every 12 weeks. About 24,000 responses in the 5-18 Oct 2026 wave (Census response file URR.xlsx, 12% response rate).

of Utah employer businesses used AI in the last two weeks, the highest of the 50 states in this wave (DC: 34.1%)

Sample: About 1.2 million US employer businesses in six panels of about 200,000; each panel reports every 12 weeks. About 24,000 responses in the 5-18 Oct 2026 wave (Census response file URR.xlsx, 12% response rate).

of West Virginia employer businesses used AI in the last two weeks, the lowest of any state in this wave

Sample: About 1.2 million US employer businesses in six panels of about 200,000; each panel reports every 12 weeks. About 24,000 responses in the 5-18 Oct 2026 wave (Census response file URR.xlsx, 12% response rate).

of EU enterprises with 10 or more employees used at least one AI technology in 2025, up 6.47 points on 2024

Sample: 157,000 of 1.53 million EU enterprises with 10 or more employees surveyed in the first months of 2025.

of small EU enterprises (10 to 49 employees) used AI in 2025

Sample: 157,000 of 1.53 million EU enterprises with 10 or more employees surveyed in the first months of 2025.

of medium-sized EU enterprises (50 to 249 employees) used AI in 2025

Sample: 157,000 of 1.53 million EU enterprises with 10 or more employees surveyed in the first months of 2025.

of large EU enterprises (250 or more employees) used AI in 2025, about three times the small-firm rate

Sample: 157,000 of 1.53 million EU enterprises with 10 or more employees surveyed in the first months of 2025.

of EU firms that considered AI but did not use it named lack of relevant expertise as a reason (2025)

Sample: 157,000 of 1.53 million EU enterprises with 10 or more employees surveyed in the first months of 2025.

of large EU enterprises using AI used it for ICT security in 2025, against 14.51% of small ones

Sample: 157,000 of 1.53 million EU enterprises with 10 or more employees surveyed in the first months of 2025.

of McKinsey survey respondents worldwide said their organization regularly uses AI in at least one business function (2025), up from 78% a year before

Sample: 1,993 online respondents in 105 nations, 25 Jun to 29 Jul 2025; 38% work at organizations with more than $1 billion revenue.

of McKinsey survey respondents expect AI to decrease their organization's headcount over the next year; 43% expect little or no change

Sample: 1,719 online respondents in 97 nations, 4 May to 8 Jun 2026; 36% at organizations with more than $1 billion revenue.

US workers used generative AI at work in the prior month (Fed survey, Oct 2025)

Sample: Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED), US adults, fielded October 2025.

of US workers who used generative AI at work in the prior month agreed that it saves them time

Sample: SHED, US adults, fielded October 2025.

of the US workforce used generative AI for work as of November 2025 (Real-Time Population Survey, reported by the Federal Reserve)

Sample: Real-Time Population Survey of US adults, November 2025.

of US adults say they ever use AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot (Feb 2026)

Sample: 5,119 US adults, American Trends Panel, 17-23 Feb 2026.

of employed US adults say they use AI chatbots for tasks at work (Feb 2026)

Sample: 5,119 US adults, 17-23 Feb 2026; employed = full or part time for pay.

private investment in US AI companies in 2025, more than 23 times the $12.4 billion invested in China

Sample: AI Index compilation of private investment data for 2025.

average wage premium in job ads that ask for AI skills, up from 57% a year earlier (PwC, more than one billion job ads)

Sample: More than one billion job advertisements in 27 countries and territories.

more customer issues resolved per hour by support agents with a generative AI assistant, and +34% for novice and low-skilled agents

Sample: 5,179 customer support agents at one US software firm; 89% worked outside the US, mostly in the Philippines.

of firms in OECD countries with data used AI in 2025, up from 14.2% in 2024 and 8.7% in 2023

of large firms in OECD countries used AI in 2025, against 17.4% of small firms

of US firms that used AI said it did not change their total employment in the last six months; 2.3% grew and 2.0% shrank

Sample: BTOS AI supplement: six biweekly panels pooled, 17 Nov 2025 to 8 Feb 2026; base is firms that used AI in at least one business function.

of US firms that used AI used it to supplement or enhance a task done by an employee; 10.1% used it to do a task an employee used to do

Sample: BTOS AI supplement: six biweekly panels pooled, 17 Nov 2025 to 8 Feb 2026; base is firms that used AI in at least one business function.

of US employment is at firms that used AI in a business function, although only 18% of firms did (Nov 2025 to Jan 2026)

Sample: BTOS AI supplement responses.

of US small employer firms said the business or its employees use AI; another 15% plan to start within 12 months

Sample: 6,525 responses from a nationwide convenience sample of small employer firms with 1 to 499 employees, fielded 3 Sep to 14 Nov 2025.

of US small employer firms that use AI said it increased productivity; 31% reported higher sales

Sample: 6,525 responses from a nationwide convenience sample of small employer firms with 1 to 499 employees, fielded 3 Sep to 14 Nov 2025.

of firms in the St. Louis Fed district survey expected no noticeable AI effect on staffing in the next 12 months; nearly 20% expected slight cuts

Sample: Quarterly business survey of the Eighth Federal Reserve District (Arkansas, most of Missouri, parts of IL, IN, KY, MS, TN), May 2026.

of firms use AI, according to nearly 9,000 senior executives surveyed in the US and six other countries in summer 2026

Sample: Nearly 9,000 CFOs, CEOs and senior executives in the US, UK, Germany, Australia, Canada, Mexico and South Africa.

lower employment for US workers aged 22 to 25 in the most AI-exposed jobs than if they had kept pace with peers in less-exposed jobs (June 2026)

Sample: ADP payroll records covering millions of US workers, through June 2026.

of electricity used by data centers worldwide in 2025, up 17%; the IEA expects about 950 TWh by 2030

of all US electricity was used by data centers in 2023 (176 TWh); Berkeley Lab projects 6.7% to 12% by 2028

of US commercial-sector electricity was used by data center servers in 2025 (EIA estimate); EIA projects 22% to 33% by 2050

documented AI incidents in 2025, up from 233 in 2024 (Stanford AI Index)