The Bureau of Labor Statistics built a four-tier AI exposure classification for every US occupation, then paired it with each occupation's median wage. Weighted by 2025 employment, occupations BLS rates 'High' AI exposure carry a median annual wage of $79,354 -- 66% above the $47,726 median for 'Low' exposure occupations
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) created a four-category classification of relative AI exposure for detailed occupations. This classification was paired with each occupation's median annual wage for 2025. The BLS notes that "exposure signifies that AI technology could be or has been used to assist or complete some of the work performed in an occupation."
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- AI hiring intensity doesn't track the size of a country's AI industry. Stanford's 2026 AI Index, drawing on Lightcast's job-postings database across dozens of countries, found the 2025 leader for AI-skill job-posting share by a wide margin was Singapore, at 4.69% of all job postings — nearly double the 2.6% share in the United States
- Stanford's 2026 AI Index, citing Lightcast's job-postings database, found that even as employer demand shifted toward newer agentic-AI skills, mentions of generative AI skills specifically in US AI job postings still grew, from 2024 to 2025, by 111%
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