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# 6.2% of job postings in Washington, DC asked for AI skills in 2025, the highest of 50 states and DC
- URL: https://aiadoption.org/data/ai-share-of-job-postings-by-state/
- Published: 2026-10-19T16:26:16.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T06:02:09.000Z
- Description: 6.2% of job postings in Washington, DC asked for AI skills in 2025, ahead of Delaware (4.4%) and California (4.3%). Across the US the share was 2.6%.
- Author: Manu
- Tags: Data, AI Jobs, AI in the US, #chart, #ai-index-2026, #hub-jobs, #country-us

6.2%

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share of job postings in Washington, DC asking for AI skills in 2025, the highest of 50 states and DC (US: 2.6%)

Washington, DC6.2%

Delaware4.4%

California4.3%

## What the chart shows

Measured against each state’s own job market, AI demand was highest in Washington, DC, where 6.2% of 2025 job postings asked for AI skills. Delaware (4.4%), California (4.3%) and Washington state (4.0%) followed, then Massachusetts (3.4%) and Virginia (3.3%).

On this measure some smaller job markets rank high: Vermont (3.2%) and Rhode Island (3.1%) are in the top ten. Wisconsin had the lowest share, 1.3%. Across the US, 2.6% of job postings asked for AI skills ([related chart](https://aiadoption.org/data/ai-job-postings-share-by-country/)).

## Key numbers

| Measure          | Value |
| ---------------- | ----- |
| Washington, DC   | 6.18% |
| Delaware         | 4.43% |
| California       | 4.26% |
| Washington state | 4.03% |
| Wisconsin        | 1.32% |

## How to read it

- AI job postings as a percentage of all job postings in each state, 2025.
- The chart opens on the top 15; ‘All’ shows every state and DC. Washington on the chart is the state; Washington, DC is listed separately.
- The US figure (2.6%) comes from the AI Index’s country data for 2025.

**Source:** [Lightcast](https://aiadoption.org/sources/#lightcast), 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 4.4.13: *AI job postings (% of all job postings) by US state, 2025*. Chart and text by AI Adoption.  
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.  
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