4.3%
▲ 1.6 pts vs 2024
share of California's job postings asking for AI skills, 2025
20102025
What the chart shows
In 2025, 4.3% of all job postings in California asked for AI skills, up from 2.7% in 2024 and 0.6% in 2010. Washington state was close behind at 4.0%, up from 3.3%.
New York (3.2%) and Texas (2.4%) also reached their highest shares, so all four states set records in 2025. All four had dipped in 2023 before rising in each of the last two years.
Key numbers
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| California, 2025 | 4.26% |
| California, 2024 | 2.67% |
| Washington state, 2025 | 4.03% |
| New York, 2025 | 3.21% |
| Texas, 2025 | 2.38% |
How to read it
- AI job postings as a percentage of all job postings in each state.
- The AI Index shows four states over time; the state comparison has all 50 states and DC for 2025.
Source: Lightcast, 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 4.4.14: Percentage of US states’ job postings in AI by select US state, 2010–25. Chart and text by AI Adoption.
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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