Technical job listings grew significantly during the first Trump administration and Biden administration, but less than 3% list explicit AI skills
Number of AI explicit jobs posted over time as compared to all federal technical job postings
Source: USAJobs' HistoricJoa API
Note: AI-explicit jobs identified using a dictionary of relevant terms, including: artificial intelligence, AI, machine learning, ML, AI/ML, deep learning, neural network, convolutional neural, recurrent neural, transformer model, reinforcement learning, computer vision, image recognition, facial recognition, object detection, generative AI, generative adversarial, GAN, large language model, LLM, foundation model, chatbot, natural language processing, NLP, text mining, text analytics, sentiment analysis, named entity recognition, NER, speech recognition, speech synthesis, language model, text classification, supervised learning, unsupervised learning, semi-supervised, random forest, decision tree, gradient boosting, support vector machine, SVM, k-means, principal component analysis, PCA, dimensionality reduction, model training, model deployment, model evaluation, hyperparameter tuning, cross-validation, ensemble method, explainable AI, XAI, responsible AI, AI ethics, fairness in AI, bias detection, and AI governance.
