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AI-using firms are adjusting hiring more often than cutting staff% of AI-using service firms
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Businesses Are Using AI to Transform Work, Not Cut Jobs, 2026.

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Challenger · Oct 2026Challenger Report: September Layoff Plans Fall to 43,281; Seasonal Hiring Muted
AI remains the most-cited reason for announced U.S. layoffs in 2026, though September cuts tied to AI were 3,961, about 9% of the month's total.Labor data
New York Fed · Sep 2026Businesses Are Using AI to Transform Work, Not Cut Jobs
AI use among regional firms jumped again in 2026, but layoffs stayed rare; retraining remains the main workforce response.Executive survey
Stanford DEL · Aug 2026Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts about the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence
ADP payroll data show young workers in AI-exposed jobs falling behind since late 2022, mostly through less hiring, while older workers are unaffected.Labor data
Accenture · Jul 2026Pulse of Change (July 2026)
82% of C-suite leaders are increasing AI investment; 49% of companies are piloting or deploying AI agents.Mixed survey
Yale Budget Lab · Jul 2026Tracking the Impact of AI on the Labor Market
Monthly tracker using federal survey data finds the US job mix is not yet shifting in ways that line up with AI adoption.Government statistics
Indeed Hiring Lab · Jul 2026AI and Job Postings: From Destruction to Creation?
Postings in AI-exposed jobs fell most from 2022 to 2026 but have rebounded most in the past year, led by senior and AI-titled roles.Labor data
Ramp · Jun 2026A New Look at AI's Impact on Jobs: Firm-Level AI Spending and Workforce Adjustment
Linking real AI spending to headcount, Ramp and Revelio Labs find heavy AI spenders grew staff, including entry-level roles, after a 6–12 month lag.Usage data
Anthropic · Jun 2026Anthropic Economic Index report: Cadences
Over one-third of respondents expect AI to handle most or nearly all of their work tasks within 12 months.Usage data
Thomson Reuters · Jun 2026Future of Professionals Report 2026
74% of professionals use AI tools several times a week; 44% rely on them multiple times a day.Mixed survey
PwC · Jun 20262026 Global AI Jobs Barometer: Two futures for jobs in an AI era
Most AI-exposed companies grew headcount 52% vs 36% for least exposed (2018 baseline), with higher wage growth (24% vs 17%).Labor data
Glean · Jun 2026Work AI Index 2026: Botsitting, Botshitting & the Hidden Human Labor of AI at Work
Workers report 11 hours a week saved but 6.4 hours spent supervising and fixing AI; only 13% see significant organizational gains.Worker survey
BCG · Jun 2026AI at Work 2026: Why Strategy Matters More Than Tools
42% of frontline regular AI users save about eight hours a week, but 66% get limited or no guidance on using that time.Worker survey
Microsoft · May 20262026 Work Trend Index: Agents, human agency, and the opportunity for every organization
Only 19% of AI users work where individual capability and organizational readiness reinforce each other (Microsoft's 'Frontier' zone).Worker survey
IBM · May 20262026 CEO Study: 5 plays for AI-first transformation
76% of organizations now have a Chief AI Officer, up from 26% a year earlier.Executive survey
St. Thomas · Feb 2026The Highest Worker Exposure in the Midwest: The Impact of Generative AI on the Minnesota Job Market
High exposure means half or more of a worker's tasks could be partly or wholly done by GenAI; exposure may mean supplementing, not replacing, jobs.Labor data
NBER · Feb 2026Firm Data on AI (NBER Working Paper 34836)
Across four countries, most firms use AI, but nine in ten executives report no effect yet on jobs or productivity at their own firm.Executive survey
NBER · Feb 2026Does Generative AI Narrow Education-Based Productivity Gaps? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
In a randomized test, an AI assistant lifted everyone's scores and cut the gap between higher- and lower-education workers by 75%.Experiment
Kantata · Jan 2026State of the Professional Services Industry Report (AI agents survey)
89% agree future revenue growth will depend more on scaling AI than scaling headcount.Executive survey
OpenAI · Dec 2025The State of Enterprise AI: 2025 Report
ChatGPT Enterprise message volume grew 8x and API reasoning token use per organization rose about 320x year over year.Usage data
CAIS · Oct 2025Remote Labor Index: Measuring AI Automation of Remote Work
On 240 paid freelance projects worth over $140,000, the best agent tested produced client-acceptable work 2.5% of the time.Benchmark
OpenAI · Sep 2025GDPval: Evaluating AI Model Performance on Real-World Economically Valuable Tasks
Experts compared AI and human deliverables on real tasks from 44 occupations; the best model matched or beat the expert on 47.6%.Benchmark
Harvard · Aug 2025Generative AI as Seniority-Biased Technological Change: Evidence from U.S. Résumé and Job Posting Data
Firms that hired people to implement generative AI cut junior headcount relative to other firms, mainly by hiring fewer juniors.Labor data

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