Official dataAll sizesUSA
One in four
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.
Official dataUpdated 23 Oct 2026
81%of US workers who used generative AI at work in the prior month agreed that it saves them time
81% of US workers who used generative AI at work in the prior month agreed that it saves them time (Oct 2025, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve Board publications (SHED report, FEDS Notes, speeches))
Official dataChecked at source, 23 Oct 2026All sizesUSAAI · Work
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81% of US workers who used generative AI at work in the prior month agreed that it saves them time (Oct 2025).
81%
the latest figure (Oct 2025)
Official data
type of source
Why you can trust it. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve Board publications (SHED report, FEDS Notes, speeches): official data, government statistics office or regulator. SHED, US adults, fielded October 2025.
Key facts
- Period Oct 2025
- Region USA
- Company size All sizes
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Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve Board publications (SHED report, FEDS Notes, speeches), Oct 2025
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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%.
Most firms your size have not started either, so an early start is still an edge.
US Census Bureau, Business Trends and Outlook Survey, Oct 2026
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How it was measured
- Publisher
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve Board publications (SHED report, FEDS Notes, speeches)
- Source type
- Official data: Government statistics office or regulator
- What it measures
- 81% of US workers who used generative AI at work in the prior month agreed that it saves them time
- Data period
- Oct 2025 (ends 31 Oct 2025)
- Published by the source
- 13 May 2026
- Who is counted
- SHED, US adults, fielded October 2025.
- In the source's words
One in four workers used generative AI at work in the prior month, and 81 percent of users agreed that it saves them time.
- Checked at source
- 23 Oct 2026: Read on federalreserve.gov, 2026-10-23, in the 13 May 2026 press release text (fetched with curl). The separate fact sheet does not repeat the 81%.
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- Public domain (US government work). Free to reuse; cite the report or note by name and date.
- Next expected update
- Yearly (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, yearly (SHED); irregular (notes))
- Original page
- www.federalreserve.gov: Federal Reserve Board publications (SHED report, FEDS Notes, speeches)
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- CSV · JSON (stable links)
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. (2026). 81% of US workers who used generative AI at work in the prior month agreed that it saves them time. Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/genai-users-say-it-saves-time
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"81% of US workers who used generative AI at work in the prior month agreed that it saves them time." Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve Board publications (SHED report, FEDS Notes, speeches), Oct 2025. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/genai-users-say-it-saves-time.
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81% of US workers who used generative AI at work in the prior month agreed that it saves them time, for Oct 2025, according to Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve Board publications (SHED report, FEDS Notes, speeches). We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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