AI adoptionBusinesses using AI nowStatewide · all business functions
Census BTOS · Aug. 23, 2026. Gray = suppressed.
Updated September 2026
U.S. labor markets and technology
AI adoption and labor-market conditions across the United States
A descriptive state-level resource pairing business reports of AI use with administrative measures of employment and wages. The datasets are presented together to support comparison, not to attribute labor-market changes to AI.
Business AI useU.S. Census Bureau BTOSReference period ending August 23, 2026
Employment and wagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics QCEWPreliminary data through first quarter 2026
Analytical statusDescriptive state-level comparisonNo causal attribution to artificial intelligence
Overview · Census BTOS and BLS QCEW
Business AI adoption and labor outcomes, shown side by side
Choose a labor measure, industry, and quarter. Selecting a state on either map applies the same geography to both datasets.
U.S. businesses using AI22.4%Census BTOS · Aug. 23, 2026
U.S. net employment+19 / 10kBLS QCEW · 2026 Q1 · All private industries
Selected geographyTXTexas · click either map
Labor marketNet employment · All private industries2026 Q1 versus one year earlier
BLS QCEW · 2026 Q1. Coral = net decline; green = net gain; gray = suppressed or unavailable.
TX
TexasSelected on both maps
AI adoption25.9%Rank #9 of 49
Net employment+77 / 10kAll private industries · 2026 Q1
Employment+0.8%12-month change
Weekly wage+3.7%12-month change
Read the maps together, not as cause and effect.
The AI estimate is statewide and later than the selected labor quarter. Similar colors may suggest a place worth investigating; they do not show that AI produced the labor-market change.
National industry view
Where business AI use is concentrated.
Sector adoption is national—not state by sector—so it remains separate from the state labor map.InformationCurrent
46.0%Expected 48.6%Professional, Scientific, and Technical ServicesCurrent
41.9%Expected 46.5%Finance and InsuranceCurrent
40.0%Expected 45.8%Educational ServicesCurrent
33.8%Expected 41.3%ManufacturingCurrent
20.3%Expected 23.3%Retail TradeCurrent
15.2%Expected 18.2%Changing Labor Landscape
Official Census and BLS data · descriptive evidence · built with ChatGPT · updated September 2026
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