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AI Job Posting Share (% of Total)

Share of U.S. job postings that mention artificial-intelligence terms

What is the current AI Job Posting Share (% of Total)?

AI SKILLS IN JOB POSTINGS
6.28%
month-end share of U.S. postings that mention AI

AI Job Posting Share (% of Total): 6.28% as of 2026-07, and rising. Source: Indeed Hiring Lab AI Tracker (public CSV).

AI Job Posting Share (% of Total) at 6.3%

Tracking a rising reading relative to recent baseline.

Source: Indeed Hiring Lab AI Tracker (public CSV) · Source data ↗
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How has AI Job Posting Share (% of Total) changed over time?

CSV Chart
Share of U.S. job postings that mention AI
Monthly month-end observations from Indeed Hiring Lab's seven-day trailing-average U.S. series
AI Job Posting Share (% of Total)
Data: Indeed Hiring Lab AI Tracker (public CSV) Updated Aug 2026

Most affected counties

Counties with the highest labor scores in the County Distress Index.

1 Imperial County CA 100 2 Yuma County AZ 99.9 3 Dawson County NE 99.9 4 Luna County NM 99.9 5 Colusa County CA 99.8 6 Tulare County CA 99.6 7 Merced County CA 99.4 8 Starr County TX 99.4 9 Maverick County TX 99.3 10 Kern County CA 99.2
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Historical data
Monthly · Indeed Hiring Lab AI Tracker (public CSV)
Period Value YoY Change
Jul 2026 6.28% +3.07 pp
Jun 2026 5.92% +2.83 pp
May 2026 5.75% +2.88 pp
Apr 2026 5.44% +2.66 pp
Mar 2026 5.41% +2.65 pp
Feb 2026 5.04% +2.26 pp
Jan 2026 4.75% +1.98 pp
Dec 2025 4.43% +1.72 pp
Nov 2025 4.27% +1.68 pp
Oct 2025 4.05% +1.51 pp
Sep 2025 3.7% +1.31 pp
Aug 2025 3.44% +1.13 pp

Frequently Asked Questions

What is AI Job Posting Share (% of Total)?

Share of U.S. job postings that mention artificial-intelligence terms

Why does AI Job Posting Share (% of Total) matter for financial distress?

AI Job Posting Share (% of Total) is one of the indicators tracked by the American Distress Index (ADI), which measures five dimensions of U.S. household financial distress: Delinquency, Default & Legal, Debt Burden, Labor, and Safety Net & Buffer. Changes in this indicator contribute to the overall distress picture.

Where does the AI Job Posting Share (% of Total) data come from?

This data comes from Indeed Hiring Lab AI Tracker (public CSV). More information: https://github.com/hiring-lab/ai-tracker. The American Distress Index updates this indicator monthly.

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Two decades working directly with financially distressed American households — from property preservation in 2003, to negotiating over 1,000 short sales during the Great Recession, to foreclosure defense marketing today. Author, The Ark Law Group Complete Guide to Short Sales (Auroch Press, 2013). Twice named to Puget Sound Business Journal Fast 50 for Ark Law Group. B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1992. Founded American Default Research in 2026 to fill a gap in public data that had been empty since 2013.

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