AI attitudes, adoption, and benefits by state: 2026 study
A recent study highlights the varying attitudes and adoption rates of AI across U.S. states. Washington leads in AI adoption, with a high percentage of workers utilizing AI technologies and a significant number of AI-related jobs. In contrast, states like New Jersey show lower adoption rates despite having a large GDP.
- ▪Washington ranks as the top state for AI adoption, with 22.4% of employees using AI technologies.
- ▪Wyoming has the highest percentage of workers using AI at 27.4%, but offers the fewest AI-related jobs.
- ▪New Jersey has the third-lowest AI adoption rate at work, with only 12.1% of workers utilizing AI.
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AI continues to accelerate its presence in politics, the economy, and personal lives, transforming everything from autonomous vehicles to medical discoveries to military operations and a myriad of other workflows and personal use cases. In turn, investors eagerly listen in to company earnings’ calls to understand the implications of this developing suite of technologies in different sectors.On average, 18.1% of American workers have adopted AI in their jobs, with a varying amount of personal use and AI-related jobs created to support demand. State-level data reflects different attitudes and capacities for current technologies across workforces and populations, as AI adoption and job generation significantly.With this in mind, SmartAsset ranked U.S.
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