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
41%of the US workforce used generative AI for work as of November 2025 (Real-Time Population Survey, reported by the Federal Reserve)
41% of the US workforce used generative AI for work as of November 2025 (Real-Time Population Survey, reported by the Federal Reserve) (Nov 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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41% of the US workforce used generative AI for work as of November 2025 (Real-Time Population Survey, reported by the Federal Reserve) (Nov 2025).
41%
the latest figure (Nov 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. Real-Time Population Survey of US adults, November 2025.
Key facts
- Period Nov 2025
- Region USA
- Company size All sizes
- Next data Yearly
Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve Board publications (SHED report, FEDS Notes, speeches), Nov 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
- 41% of the US workforce used generative AI for work as of November 2025 (Real-Time Population Survey, reported by the Federal Reserve)
- Data period
- Nov 2025 (ends 30 Nov 2025)
- Published by the source
- 3 Apr 2026
- Who is counted
- Real-Time Population Survey of US adults, November 2025.
- In the source's words
work-related GenAI adoption reported in the RPS stands at about 41 percent of the workforce, and non-work-related usage at about 50 percent of the population as of the latest survey in November 2025.
- Checked at source
- 23 Oct 2026: Read on federalreserve.gov (FEDS Notes, "Monitoring AI Adoption in the US Economy", Jeffrey S. Allen, 3 Apr 2026) on 2026-10-23. RPS data from Bick, Blandin and Deming.
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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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"41% of the US workforce used generative AI for work as of November 2025 (Real-Time Population Survey, reported by the Federal Reserve)." Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve Board publications (SHED report, FEDS Notes, speeches), Nov 2025. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/us-workforce-genai-for-work.
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41% of the US workforce used generative AI for work as of November 2025 (Real-Time Population Survey, reported by the Federal Reserve), for Nov 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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