AI exposure by state

6.5% of US workers are in occupations with high AI task exposure, and the share runs from 4.7% in Wyoming to 13.3% in District of Columbia.

AI exposure by state, ranked for all 50 states and DC.

Each state is ranked by the share of its workers in occupations where AI can already do much of the work, with its AI Ready Score beside it. Every state has its own page with its most exposed occupations and a CSV.

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United States

Workers in high-exposure occupations
6.5%
9,441,474 of 144,555,948
AI Ready Score
61.4
out of 100; higher is more AI-ready

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All 51 jurisdictions, ranked

Rank 1 has the largest share of workers in high-exposure occupations. The AI Ready Score runs the other way: a higher score means a more AI-ready workforce.

Highest
District of Columbia, 13.3%
Texas
6.4%, 22nd highest of 51
United States
6.5%
Lowest
Wyoming, 4.7%
Share of each state's workers in occupations with AI task exposure of 65 or higher. JobRoute state index on BLS OEWS State May 2025 employment, O*NET 30.3 and the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026), computed 27 July 2026.
All 51 values, with each state's AI Ready Score
StateWorkers in high-exposure occupationsAI Ready Score (higher is more ready)
District of Columbia13.3%57.9
New York8.1%60.5
Massachusetts7.2%60.9
New Jersey7.2%60.8
Washington7.0%61.2
South Dakota7.0%61.9
Arizona7.0%61.2
Connecticut6.9%61.2
Maryland6.8%60.7
Virginia6.8%61.2
Oregon6.7%61.5
California6.7%61.0
Wisconsin6.7%62.0
Utah6.6%61.4
Colorado6.6%61.4
Florida6.6%61.4
Nebraska6.6%61.6
Pennsylvania6.6%61.5
Illinois6.5%61.2
Rhode Island6.5%61.5
Montana6.4%61.9
Texas6.4%61.6
Missouri6.3%61.4
Georgia6.3%61.5
Delaware6.3%61.5
Michigan6.2%61.7
North Carolina6.2%61.5
New Mexico6.2%61.9
Nevada6.1%62.1
West Virginia6.1%61.9
Ohio6.0%61.9
Minnesota6.0%61.3
South Carolina6.0%62.0
Indiana5.9%62.4
New Hampshire5.9%61.3
Maine5.9%61.9
Oklahoma5.8%62.1
Arkansas5.8%62.4
Mississippi5.7%62.5
Kentucky5.7%62.2
Vermont5.7%61.5
Louisiana5.7%62.2
Kansas5.7%61.7
Iowa5.6%62.1
Tennessee5.6%62.0
Hawaii5.4%62.4
Idaho5.4%62.0
Alaska5.2%62.2
Alabama5.2%62.6
North Dakota5.0%62.4
Wyoming4.7%63.0
United States6.5%61.4
Rank State Workers in high-exposure occupations Number of workers AI Ready Score (rank) Total employment
1 District of Columbia 13.3% 88,049 57.9 (51) 660,767
2 New York 8.1% 702,950 60.5 (50) 8,664,786
3 Massachusetts 7.2% 241,148 60.9 (47) 3,334,851
4 New Jersey 7.2% 286,340 60.8 (48) 3,983,569
5 Washington 7.0% 230,138 61.2 (42) 3,279,095
6 South Dakota 7.0% 30,265 61.9 (22) 432,149
7 Arizona 7.0% 211,097 61.2 (44) 3,029,524
8 Connecticut 6.9% 107,258 61.2 (45) 1,552,142
9 Maryland 6.8% 177,890 60.7 (49) 2,602,538
10 Virginia 6.8% 261,106 61.2 (41) 3,859,356
11 Oregon 6.7% 123,805 61.5 (32) 1,842,220
12 California 6.7% 1,110,839 61.0 (46) 16,606,338
13 Wisconsin 6.7% 181,337 62.0 (16) 2,709,650
14 Utah 6.6% 107,232 61.4 (35) 1,616,408
15 Colorado 6.6% 180,220 61.4 (36) 2,723,802
16 Florida 6.6% 627,184 61.4 (38) 9,483,992
17 Nebraska 6.6% 63,812 61.6 (26) 966,217
18 Pennsylvania 6.6% 368,752 61.5 (34) 5,583,781
19 Illinois 6.5% 371,560 61.2 (43) 5,677,870
20 Rhode Island 6.5% 29,315 61.5 (30) 449,467
21 Montana 6.4% 30,486 61.9 (23) 477,591
22 Texas 6.4% 843,825 61.6 (27) 13,276,554
23 Missouri 6.3% 171,630 61.4 (37) 2,714,455
24 Georgia 6.3% 290,051 61.5 (33) 4,618,264
25 Delaware 6.3% 27,609 61.5 (29) 440,157
26 Michigan 6.2% 253,208 61.7 (25) 4,068,961
27 North Carolina 6.2% 291,051 61.5 (31) 4,703,445
28 New Mexico 6.2% 49,176 61.9 (18) 797,942
29 Nevada 6.1% 90,319 62.1 (12) 1,480,879
30 West Virginia 6.1% 40,011 61.9 (19) 656,168
31 Ohio 6.0% 312,622 61.9 (20) 5,186,227
32 Minnesota 6.0% 160,675 61.3 (39) 2,675,317
33 South Carolina 6.0% 129,031 62.0 (14) 2,156,981
34 Indiana 5.9% 174,296 62.4 (4) 2,956,249
35 New Hampshire 5.9% 37,459 61.3 (40) 636,805
36 Maine 5.9% 34,345 61.9 (21) 586,107
37 Oklahoma 5.8% 94,493 62.2 (11) 1,626,097
38 Arkansas 5.8% 71,318 62.4 (6) 1,228,680
39 Mississippi 5.7% 61,644 62.5 (3) 1,074,981
40 Kentucky 5.7% 105,306 62.2 (9) 1,858,080
41 Vermont 5.7% 15,351 61.5 (28) 270,955
42 Louisiana 5.7% 103,328 62.2 (8) 1,826,754
43 Kansas 5.7% 75,462 61.7 (24) 1,336,231
44 Iowa 5.6% 81,958 62.1 (13) 1,455,145
45 Tennessee 5.6% 172,922 62.0 (17) 3,093,093
46 Hawaii 5.4% 31,862 62.4 (7) 586,162
47 Idaho 5.4% 42,791 62.0 (15) 796,079
48 Alaska 5.2% 15,675 62.2 (10) 299,659
49 Alabama 5.2% 101,005 62.6 (2) 1,956,275
50 North Dakota 5.0% 20,043 62.4 (5) 397,512
51 Wyoming 4.7% 12,225 63.0 (1) 259,621
US United States 6.5% 9,441,474 61.4 144,555,948

Bars share one scale, 0 to 14%. High-exposure occupations have a task exposure of 65 or more out of 100. JobRoute state index on BLS OEWS State May 2025 employment, O*NET 30.3 and the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026), computed July 27, 2026. Data version 2026-11-02.

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How to cite

JobRoute (2026). AI exposure by state. Data version 2026-11-02, method v1.0.0. Built on O*NET 30.3, BLS OEWS May 2025 and the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026). CC BY 4.0. https://www.jobroute.ai/states

Headline measure
The share of a state's workers in occupations with task exposure of 65 or more. Task exposure is the importance-weighted average of an occupation's O*NET task scores, from 0 to 100, where higher means more of the work is AI-doable.
AI Ready Score
0.35 x (100 minus task exposure) + 0.25 x skill durability + 0.20 x role trajectory + 0.20 x adjacency breadth, weighted by each occupation's state employment. It varies only a few points across states, which is why the share of exposed workers leads.

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