Where are the World's AI Jobs?
Where Are The World’s AI Jobs?
By 2025, 85 million jobs may be displaced by the rise of AI — but 97 million new roles could rise up to take their place
AI Jobs By Country
- AI hiring is on the rise
- The hiring environment (as of August 2023) shows:
- United States - 75,685 job posts
- India - 11,855 job posts
- Japan - 8,157 job posts
- United Kingdom - 5,837 job posts
- France - 3,984 job posts
- Canada - 2,566 job posts
- Australia - 937 job posts
- Mexico - 909 job posts
- Israel - 485 job posts
- South Africa - 429 job posts
- The hiring environment (as of August 2023) shows:
- Countries with the most AI jobs
- Open AI Roles (as of June 2023)
- US
- 173,000 open AI roles
- India
- 25,900 open AI roles
- UK
- 16,825 open AI roles
- Jobs markets are feeling the pressure
- Some countries expect to replace more 1/3 of workers
- Hungary - 36.4%
- Czech Republic - 35.2%
- Poland - 33.5%
- Portugal - 30.1%
- Estonia - 29.8%
- Germany - 28.7%
- France - 27.4%
- Ireland - 22.5%
- United States - 21.2%
- United Kingdom - 19%
- Some countries expect to replace more 1/3 of workers
- US
- Open AI Roles (as of June 2023)
Approximately 1.5% of job openings in any US state are AI-related — although some states offer more than others]
AI job postings and percentage by US state
STATE |
NUMBER OF JOBS |
PERCENT OF TOTAL |
AK |
970 |
0.88 |
AL |
7,866 |
1.31 |
AR |
7,247 |
2.03 |
AZ |
19,514 |
1.4 |
CA |
142,154 |
2.21 |
CO |
20,421 |
1.46 |
CT |
8,960 |
1.66 |
DC |
9,606 |
2.95 |
DE |
3,503 |
2.66 |
FL |
33,585 |
1 |
GA |
26,620 |
1.64 |
HI |
2,550 |
1.46 |
IA |
5,670 |
1.14 |
ID |
6,109 |
1.89 |
IL |
31,569 |
1.63 |
IN |
9,247 |
0.88 |
KS |
7,683 |
1.43 |
KY |
4,536 |
0.85 |
LA |
4,806 |
0.87 |
MA |
34,603 |
2.26 |
MD |
16,769 |
1.96 |
ME |
2,227 |
1.64 |
MI |
25,366 |
1.77 |
MN |
11,808 |
1.22 |
MO |
10,990 |
1.15 |
MS |
2,548 |
1.15 |
MT |
833 |
0.72 |
NC |
23,854 |
1.44 |
ND |
1,227 |
1.04 |
NE |
4,032 |
1.14 |
NH |
2,719 |
1.2 |
NJ |
23,447 |
2.04 |
NM |
3,357 |
1.36 |
NV |
6,813 |
1.23 |
NY |
43,899 |
2.07 |
OH |
19,208 |
1.07 |
OK |
5,719 |
1.07 |
OR |
10,811 |
1.43 |
PA |
20,397 |
1.3 |
RI |
2,965 |
1.84 |
SC |
4,928 |
0.87 |
SD |
2,195 |
1.83 |
TN |
11,173 |
1.11 |
TX |
66,624 |
1.52 |
UT |
6,885 |
1.54 |
VA |
34,221 |
2.42 |
VT |
1,571 |
1.34 |
WA |
31,284 |
2.48 |
WI |
8,879 |
0.9 |
WV |
887 |
0.99 |
WY |
769 |
1.18 |
“It’s a brave new world when it comes to the rapid rise of AI jobs. We are determined to stay ahead of the curve and keep a close eye on these trends to be a reliable and up to date job portal.”
Charles Edelstein, Director, Executive Placements
“We have noticed a huge uptick in sales and product roles requiring a knowledge of ML/AI. That addition will once again create a higher demand and new talent war for this next innovation wave.” Alan Cutter, CEO, AC Lion, a leading executive search firm
AI adoption for global organizations reached 55% in 2023 — meaning 1 in 2 global organizations have hired or still need to hire an AI specialist]
AI Jobs By Type
- Fastest growing AI jobs include:
(Growth between 2021 - 2031)- Data scientists
- 36% growth between 2021 and 2031
- Software developers
- 25% growth between 2021 and 2031
- Computer and information research scientists
- 21% growth between 2021 and 2031
- General computer and information technology
- 15% growth between 2021 and 2031
- Requires the world’s fastest-growing AI skills
- NLP
- Algorithm Development
- PyTorch
- Machine Learning
- MS Azure ML
- The fastest-adopted AI use cases continue to shape these trends:
- Service operations optimization - 24%
- Creating new AI-based products - 20%
- Customer segmentation - 19%
- Customer service analytics - 19%
- AI-based enhancement of products - 19%
- Sectors attracting the most AI investment activity
- In 2023, investors contributed to AI in:
- Media, social platforms, and marketing ($46 billion)
- Financial and insurance services ($32 billion)
- IT infrastructure and hosting ($13 billion)
- Mobility and autonomous vehicles ($12 billion)
- Healthcare, drugs, and biotechnology ($8 billion)
- Business processes and support services ($5 billion)
- Digital security ($4.8 billion)
- Robots, sensors, and IT hardware ($4.6 billion)
- Logistics, wholesale, and retail ($3.5 billion)
- In 2023, investors contributed to AI in:
- Data scientists
With 450% more AI-related job postings from 2023 vs 2022, AI jobs are booming. Are you ready?
Sources
https://www.reuters.com/technology/27-jobs-high-risk-ai-revolution-says-oecd-2023-07-11/
https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-future-of-jobs-report-2020/in-full/executive-summary
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/05/ai-jobs-see-the-state-by-state-data-from-a-stanford-study.html
https://aiindex.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/HAI_AI-Index-Report-2023_CHAPTER_4.pdf
https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Future_of_Jobs_2023.pdf
https://www.bls.gov/ooh/math/data-scientists.htm
https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/home.htm
https://oecd.ai/en/data?selectedArea=ai-jobs-and-skills&selectedVisualization=ai-hiring-over-time
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