AI Workforce

AI Job Posting Share (% of Total)

Share of U.S. job postings requiring AI skills

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

AI SKILLS IN JOB POSTINGS
5.68% ↑ Worsening
share of job postings requiring AI skills (deferred)

AI Job Posting Share (% of Total): 5.68% as of 2026-05, and worsening. Source: Indeed / LinkedIn Jobs Data.

AI Job Posting Share (% of Total) rising to 5.7%

Tracking worsening relative to recent baseline.

Source: Indeed / LinkedIn Jobs Data via official source ↗
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How has AI Job Posting Share (% of Total) changed over time?

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AI skill requirements in job postings — deferred indicator
Percentage of U.S. job postings listing AI skills, when available
AI Job Posting Share (% of Total)
Data: Indeed / LinkedIn Jobs Data Updated Jun 2026

Most affected counties

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

1 Dawson County NE 100 2 Imperial County CA 99.9 3 Luna County NM 99.9 4 Yuma County AZ 99.8 5 Colusa County CA 99.8 6 Cheboygan County MI 99.7 7 Tulare County CA 99.4 8 Merced County CA 99.3 9 Kings County CA 99 10 Starr County TX 99
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Historical data
Monthly · Indeed / LinkedIn Jobs Data
Period Value YoY Change
May 2026 5.68% +2.8 pts
Apr 2026 5.39% +2.6 pts
Mar 2026 5.38% +2.6 pts
Feb 2026 5% +2.2 pts
Jan 2026 4.72% +2.0 pts
Dec 2025 4.41% +1.7 pts
Nov 2025 4.25% +1.7 pts
Oct 2025 4.03% +1.5 pts
Sep 2025 3.68% +1.3 pts
Aug 2025 3.42% +1.1 pts
Jul 2025 3.2% +1.0 pts
Jun 2025 3.08% +0.9 pts

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Share of U.S. job postings requiring AI skills

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 / LinkedIn Jobs Data. More information: https://www.hiringlab.org/. 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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