32%About 1 in 3of US employment is at firms that used AI in a business function, although only 18% of firms did (Nov 2025 to Jan 2026)
32% of US employment is at firms that used AI in a business function, although only 18% of firms did (Nov 2025 to Jan 2026) (Nov 2025-Jan 2026, US Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies working papers)
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24.3%
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 (small firms, USA). All firms: 24.6%.
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US Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies working papers
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Study: Experiment or academic paper
What it measures
32% of US employment is at firms that used AI in a business function, although only 18% of firms did (Nov 2025 to Jan 2026)
Data period
Nov 2025-Jan 2026 (ends 31 Jan 2026)
Published by the source
1 Apr 2026
Who is counted
BTOS AI supplement responses.
In the source's words
During the supplement reference period (Nov 2025-Jan 2026), 18% of firms used AI in a business function, rising to 32% on an employment-weighted basis
Checked at source
23 Oct 2026: Read on census.gov (working paper CES-WP-26-25, Bonney, Breaux, Dinlersoz, Foster, Haltiwanger, Pande, April 2026) on 2026-10-23. Publish month April 2026; day not given, first of month used.
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Public domain (US government work). Working paper; views are the authors'. Cite paper number CES-WP-26-25.
No changes recorded yet. First checked at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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US Census Bureau. (2026). 32% of US employment is at firms that used AI in a business function, although only 18% of firms did (Nov 2025 to Jan 2026). Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/ai-firms-share-of-employment
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"32% of US employment is at firms that used AI in a business function, although only 18% of firms did (Nov 2025 to Jan 2026)." US Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies working papers, Nov 2025-Jan 2026. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/ai-firms-share-of-employment.
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32% of US employment is at firms that used AI in a business function, although only 18% of firms did (Nov 2025 to Jan 2026), for Nov 2025-Jan 2026, according to US Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies working papers. We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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24.6%
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).
