AI Adoption in Hiring2025n = 5,010
21% of US workers use AI on the job (Pew, n=5,010, +5pp YoY)
21% of US workers say at least some of their work is done with AI as of September 2025, up from 16% a year earlier; 28% of bachelor's-degree holders use AI on the job.
Primary source
Pew Research Center, Oct 2025
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/10/06/about-1-in-5-us-workers-now-use-ai-in-their-job-up-since-last-year/Published 2025 — sample n = 5,010 — compiled by JobCannon Research.
Why this stat matters
This figure belongs to the ai adoption in hiringvertical of JobCannon's ongoing review of hiring, AI, and career-outcome research. We track it because it is one of the few primary-source estimates with a published sample, methodology, or legal record. Cite the original source first; this page exists to make the figure easy to find and link to.
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