{
    "statement": "of US trades contractors cite difficulty hiring as a reason for trying AI, the most common reason given (ahead of off-hours support at 34%)",
    "value_display": "37%",
    "value_numeric": 37,
    "unit": "%",
    "data_label": "May-Jun 2026",
    "data_period_end": "2026-06-15",
    "region": "USA",
    "size": "all",
    "source": {
        "name": "ServiceTitan trades research (State of AI in the Trades, residential and commercial reports)",
        "publisher": "ServiceTitan",
        "type": "vendor",
        "url": "https://www.servicetitan.com/"
    },
    "source_url": "https://www.servicetitan.com/press/servicetitan-report-finds-contractors-shifting-focus-from-ai-adoption-to-implementation-and-productivity",
    "source_quote": "Difficulty hiring and the workforce gap is the top reason contractors cite for experimenting with AI (37%)",
    "verification_note": "Read on servicetitan.com press release of 29 Sep 2026 ('The Update: 2026 State of AI in the Trades'). Vendor survey run by Thrive Analytics for ServiceTitan.",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
    "margin_of_error": "plus or minus 3.7 points (total sample)",
    "dont_know": null,
    "data_table": null,
    "revisions": [
        {
            "happened_on": "2026-10-23",
            "kind": "correction",
            "value_display": null,
            "note": "Wording corrected to match the source: 37% cite hiring difficulty as a reason; it is the most common reason, not their top reason"
        }
    ],
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/home-services-marketing/hiring-difficulty-top-ai-reason",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/home-services-marketing/hiring-difficulty-top-ai-reason.csv"
}