49%About 1 in 2of 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
49% 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 (May 2026, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, On the Economy blog)
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49% 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 (May 2026).
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Why you can trust it. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, On the Economy blog: survey, sampled survey with a published method. Quarterly business survey of the Eighth Federal Reserve District (Arkansas, most of Missouri, parts of IL, IN, KY, MS, TN), May 2026.
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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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Most firms your size have not started either, so an early start is still an edge.
No changes recorded yet. First checked at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. (2026). 49% 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. Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/firms-expect-no-ai-staffing-effect
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"49% 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." Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, On the Economy blog, May 2026. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/firms-expect-no-ai-staffing-effect.
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49% 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, for May 2026, according to Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, On the Economy blog. We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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