AI Labor Market Tracker

A monthly tracker of AI's measurable impact on the labor market grounded in workforce data from Revelio Labs and benchmarked against key results from the economic literature.

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AI Labor Market Tracker: August 2026

A monthly tracker of AI's measurable impact on the labor market grounded in workforce data from Revelio Labs and benchmarked against key results from the economic literature.

Supply
7.6%

of workers have at least one AI skill, as of July 2026

Demand
−39%

Fewer layoff announcements in July 2026 at the most AI-exposed firms than the least-exposed, since Oct 2022

Equilibrium
−39%

Decline in the number of new AI-adopting firms per month, down from its April 2026 peak

Work Content
87%

of how work is changing happens inside jobs, instead of a change in the job mix

Matching
5.81

job postings needed to make one hire

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What we're reading this month

A brief look at other research on AI and the labor market that informed how we read this month's results.

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