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# New AI PhDs in the US and Canada rose 22% from 2022 to 442 in 2024; academic hires nearly doubled
- URL: https://aiadoption.org/data/new-ai-phds-employment-sector/
- Published: 2026-10-19T17:23:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T06:05:49.000Z
- Description: 442 new AI PhDs in the US and Canada took jobs in industry, academia or government in 2024, up 22% from 362 in 2022. Academic hires rose from 79 to 145; industry hires barely moved, from 280 to 288.
- Author: Manu
- Tags: Data, AI in Education, AI in the US, #chart, #ai-index-2026, #hub-education, #country-us

442

▲ 22% since 2022

new AI PhDs in the US and Canada taking jobs in industry, academia or government, 2024

20102024

## What the chart shows

In 2024, 442 new AI PhD graduates from US and Canadian universities went into industry, academia or government, up 22% from 362 in 2022 and almost three times the 154 of 2010\. Industry took 288 of them, academia 145 and government 9.

Most of the recent growth went to universities: academic hires rose from 79 in 2022 to 145 in 2024, while industry hires rose from 280 to 288\. As a result, industry’s share of the three sectors fell from 77% to 65%.

## Key numbers

| Measure                 | Value |
| ----------------------- | ----- |
| All three sectors, 2024 | 442   |
| All three sectors, 2022 | 362   |
| Industry, 2024          | 288   |
| Academia, 2024          | 145   |
| Academia, 2022          | 79    |
| Government, 2024        | 9     |

## How to read it

- From the CRA Taulbee Survey of PhD-granting computing departments in the US and Canada. Graduates who were self-employed, unemployed or reported another status are not included.
- Industry’s share here is of the three sectors shown (288 of 442 in 2024); the companion chart divides by all new AI PhDs, which gives 62.7%. The AI Index text’s 65% and its 2022 peak of 77% match this chart’s basis.
- The bar totals are the sum of the three sectors and match the totals in the data file.

**Source:** [CRA Taulbee Survey](https://aiadoption.org/sources/#cra-taulbee), 2011–25, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 7.2.7: *Employment of new AI PhDs in the United States and Canada by sector, 2010–24*. Chart and text by AI Adoption.  
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.  
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