How often do US workers use AI?

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15% of US employees used AI at work daily in May 2026.

Daily AI users rose from 4% of US employees in Q2 2023 to 15% in Q2 2026, and from 19% to 29% of those who use AI.

Primary data · Source: Gallup, AI at Work indicator, May 2026

15 in every 100 US employees used AI daily

42% of US technology employees used AI daily in May 2026, against 9% to 15% in seven of the other nine industries.

From May 2025 to May 2026, daily AI use rose from 23% to 42% in technology and from 10% to 27% in finance, the only industries where the occasional tier shrank.

Primary data · Source: Gallup, AI use trends by industry · See every industry with data

42 in every 100 US technology employees used AI daily

Since May 2025, weekly and daily use took the gains; the occasional tier held

Since May 2025, non-users fell 12 points while the occasional tier held at 20% to 22%; the gains went to weekly use (11% to 15%) and daily use (8% to 15%).

Source: Gallup, AI at Work indicator, via the AI at Work Dataset v0.1. Gallup's August 2026 figures appear only in its indicator's data table, posted without methodology, so this page stops at May 2026.

Technology leads daily use by a wide margin

Share of employees in each industry who used AI daily, May 2026

Source: Gallup, AI use trends by industry. Gallup published its industry values as whole percents (every industry except manufacturing), so treat 1 to 2 point differences as noise.

How it's measured

Gallup asks: “How often do you use artificial intelligence in your role?” Gallup's figures come from its probability-based panel, about 19,000 to 24,000 US employees per wave, in seven waves from May 2023 to May 2026, nationally and for 10 industries. Each Gallup wave's margin of error is about ±1 point, so 1-point moves are noise.

Daily: Daily
Weekly: A few times a week, not daily
Occasional: A few times a year up to a few times a month
Non-user: Less than a few times a year, or never

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Page sources

Gallup, AI at Work indicator
Gallup, AI use trends by industry
St. Louis Fed, Real-Time Population Survey via FRED
Bick, Blandin and Deming, Real-Time Population Survey
Effective SC, AI at Work Dataset v0.1, October 24, 2026

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