AI adoptionBusinesses using AI nowStatewide · all business functions
Census BTOS · Aug. 23, 2026. Gray = suppressed.
Landscape
Data through Aug. 2026
United States · State-level evidence atlas
AI adoption and the labor market—mapped together.
Compare what businesses report about AI use with observed employment and wage change. Select a state on either map to follow the same geography across both datasets.
AI adoptionCensus BTOSReference period ending Aug. 23, 2026
Labor outcomesBLS QCEWPreliminary data through Q1 2026
InterpretationDescriptive evidenceNo causal attribution to AI
Step 1 · Census BTOS + BLS QCEW
View AI adoption and the labor market together.
Choose a labor measure, industry, and quarter. Both maps follow the same selected state so you can inspect the pattern and make your own comparison.
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%