13.2%
share of US information-sector job postings asking for AI skills in 2025, up from 7.8% in 2024
What the chart shows
The information sector had the highest share of job postings asking for AI skills in 2025: 13.2%, up from 7.8% in 2024. Professional, scientific and technical services (6.5%), finance and insurance (5.3%) and manufacturing (4.7%) followed.
The share rose in all 15 sectors. It doubled in management of companies and enterprises, from 1.6% to 3.3%, and nearly doubled in real estate, from 1.1% to 2.1%. Waste management and administrative support services had the lowest share, 0.5%.
Key numbers
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Information, 2025 | 13.22% |
| Information, 2024 | 7.82% |
| Professional, scientific and technical services, 2025 | 6.49% |
| Finance and insurance, 2025 | 5.33% |
| Manufacturing, 2025 | 4.66% |
| Waste management and administrative support, 2025 | 0.46% |
How to read it
- Sectors are two-digit NAICS codes. Shares are AI job postings as a percentage of all job postings in each sector.
- Changes in the text are in percentage points; the AI Index chart labels give relative changes (+69% for information).
Source: Lightcast, 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 4.4.9: AI job postings (% of all job postings) in the United States by sector, 2024 vs. 2025. 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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