What share of US job postings require AI skills?
Share of US job postings that required AI skills in 2025, up 55% from 2024 and 297% from a decade earlier.
Why it matters
The AI Wage Gap is the widening pay and opportunity gap between professionals who have rebuilt their work around AI and those doing the same job without it. Coined by Yuri Kruman and tracked quarterly at aiwagegap.com. Its organizational companion is the AI Build Gap (aibuildgap.com).
How to cite this
Kruman, Y. (2026). AI Wage Gap, Q4 2026 edition. Portfolio Leverage Co. https://aiwagegap.com/figures/share-of-us-jobs-requiring-ai-skills. Primary source: Stanford HAI, AI Index Report 2026 (April 13, 2026), https://hai.stanford.edu/assets/files/ai_index_report_2026.pdf
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