{
    "statement": "of McKinsey survey respondents expect AI to decrease their organization's headcount over the next year; 43% expect little or no change",
    "value_display": "39%",
    "value_numeric": 39,
    "unit": "%",
    "data_label": "May-Jun 2026",
    "data_period_end": "2026-06-08",
    "region": "Global",
    "size": "all",
    "source": {
        "name": "The State of AI (McKinsey Global Survey)",
        "publisher": "McKinsey & Company",
        "type": "survey",
        "url": "https://www.mckinsey.com/"
    },
    "source_url": "https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/the-state-of-ai",
    "source_quote": "In this year's survey, 39 percent of respondents expect AI to decrease their organizations' overall head count over the next year, while a similar share (43 percent) expects little or no change",
    "verification_note": "Read on mckinsey.com (\"The state of AI in 2026: On the road to ROI\", 25 Aug 2026) on 2026-10-23. A year earlier 32% expected declines; only 14% of AI users reported an actual AI-related decline.",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
    "margin_of_error": null,
    "dont_know": null,
    "data_table": null,
    "revisions": [],
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/mckinsey-expect-ai-headcount-decrease",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/mckinsey-expect-ai-headcount-decrease.csv"
}