Who Uses AI at Work
Who uses AI at work, how often and for what. Each number is a range across primary studies.
40 to 50 of 100 F-14 40–50%
of US workers use generative AI for their job
Gallup 2026 · Pew 2026 · St. Louis Fed 2026 40 to 52 of 100 F-15 40–52%
of AI-using workers use it for writing or editing
Gallup 2026 · Pew 2025 · OpenAI 2025 78 to 85 of 100 F-16 78–85%
of US tech workers use AI for work; hands-on service jobs about 20%
St. Louis Fed 2026 · Gallup 2026 · Eurostat 2025 a gap of 12 to 24 points out of 100 F-17 12–24 pts
more AI use at work among college graduates
Pew 2025 · St. Louis Fed 2025 · KPMG and Melbourne 2025 a gap of 5 to 16 points out of 100 F-18 5–16 pts
more men than women use generative AI
Cranney et al. 2026 · St. Louis Fed 2025 · Denmark 2025 50 to 78 of 100 F-19 50–78%
of AI-using workers use tools their employer did not provide
Microsoft 2024 · KPMG and Melbourne 2025 · Software AG 2024 42 to 49 of 100 F-20 42–49%
of workers say their employer has brought in AI tools
Gallup 2026 · KPMG and Melbourne 2025Each 10 by 10 grid is 100%. Solid orange is the low end of the range across studies, light orange runs to the high end.
Methods, samples and links for every study are at evy.so/facts.