United States AI Work Index

Structural baseline

Comparable exposure, bottleneck, and structural pressure on the shared ISCO-08 spine.

Wage context

Local wage levels and percentiles published where an official local wage source exists.

Employment context

Local employment, openings, or projected employment context published with the country layer.

Demand signals

Official shortage, vacancy, or outlook signals used to shape local demand resilience.

Transition / reinstatement capacity

Training, support, and redeployment pathways that cushion the structural pressure.

Worker profile

Gender, age, qualification, and employment-composition context around the occupation.

Skills / task context

Task, skill, or work-context evidence used to explain why the score looks the way it does.

Narrative context

Occupation descriptions, work environment, and route-to-job guidance for the country layer.

Observed AI adoption

Observed AI usage and cross-country research used to calibrate the structural baseline.