The states reaching for AI faster than they can hire for it

Talent gap by state: business AI adoption versus the local supply of AI specialists, the 10 occupations most involved in AI work. Red = adopting faster than they can staff it; blue = more AI talent than current demand.

AI talent = the 10 occupations most aligned to AI work (data scientists, AI research scientists, operations research analysts, database architects and administrators, systems analysts, information security analysts, network architects, programmers and IT managers) per 1,000 jobs, from US Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, May 2024. AI adoption from the US Census Bureau Business Trends & Outlook Survey. Wyoming is excluded for insufficient BLS data.
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