---
title: "AI Share of Indeed Job Postings"
slug: ai-job-posting-share-of-total
summary: "AI share of Indeed job postings at 7.3% in September 2026, up from 3.7% a year earlier"
category: "AI & Work"
unit: percent
frequency: monthly
direction: not_applicable
latest_value: 7.34
latest_period: "2026-09"
trend: rising
last_updated: "2026-11-04T21:37:41Z"
source: "Indeed Hiring Lab AI Tracker (public CSV)"
measurement_basis: "Share of job postings on Indeed that mention artificial intelligence, from Indeed Hiring Lab's AI tracker. The denominator is Indeed's own postings rather than all U.S. job openings, and a posting is not a hire."
source_url: https://github.com/hiring-lab/ai-tracker
canonical_html: https://americandefault.org/indicators/ai-job-posting-share-of-total/
citation_apa: "Kilburn, R. (2026). AI Share of Indeed Job Postings [Data set]. American Default Research. https://americandefault.org/indicators/ai-job-posting-share-of-total/"
citation_chicago: "Kilburn, Ross. 2026. \"AI Share of Indeed Job Postings.\" American Default Research. https://americandefault.org/indicators/ai-job-posting-share-of-total/."
citation_mla: "Kilburn, Ross. \"AI Share of Indeed Job Postings.\" American Default Research, 2026, americandefault.org/indicators/ai-job-posting-share-of-total/."
---

# AI Share of Indeed Job Postings

> AI share of Indeed job postings at 7.3% in September 2026, up from 3.7% a year earlier

## Current Reading

As of September 2026, AI Share of Indeed Job Postings is **7.34%** (rising).

Indeed Hiring Lab tracks the share of postings on its US site that mention AI terms. The share is 3.6 percentage points higher than in September 2025.

## What Changed

- 7.3% of job postings on Indeed's US site mentioned AI at the end of September 2026, up from 3.7% in September 2025.
- The highest share since Indeed's series began in 2019.

## Recent Values

| Period | Value |
|--------|-------|
| 2026-09 | 7.34% |
| 2026-08 | 6.81% |
| 2026-07 | 6.39% |
| 2026-06 | 5.99% |
| 2026-05 | 5.8% |
| 2026-04 | 5.47% |
| 2026-03 | 5.44% |
| 2026-02 | 5.05% |
| 2026-01 | 4.77% |
| 2025-12 | 4.44% |
| 2025-11 | 4.28% |
| 2025-10 | 4.06% |

## Historical Context

- Peak since 2019: **7.34%** in September 2026
- Low since 2019: **1.46%** in July 2020
- Post-pandemic average (2020-01 – 2024-12): **2.22%**

## Methodology

This indicator carries monthly observations and is interpreted as measuring something other than household condition, so neither end of the range reads as household distress. Source: Indeed Hiring Lab AI Tracker (public CSV).
Measurement basis: Share of job postings on Indeed that mention artificial intelligence, from Indeed Hiring Lab's AI tracker. The denominator is Indeed's own postings rather than all U.S. job openings, and a posting is not a hire.
Automation: collected automatically on the daily refresh pipeline, with no hand entry.

## Source

Indeed Hiring Lab AI Tracker (public CSV) — [https://github.com/hiring-lab/ai-tracker](https://github.com/hiring-lab/ai-tracker)

Data retrieved: 2026-11-04T21:37:41Z

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## Citation

**APA 7th**

    Kilburn, R. (2026). AI Share of Indeed Job Postings [Data set]. American Default Research. https://americandefault.org/indicators/ai-job-posting-share-of-total/

**Chicago (author-date)**

    Kilburn, Ross. 2026. "AI Share of Indeed Job Postings." American Default Research. https://americandefault.org/indicators/ai-job-posting-share-of-total/.

**MLA 9th**

    Kilburn, Ross. "AI Share of Indeed Job Postings." American Default Research, 2026, americandefault.org/indicators/ai-job-posting-share-of-total/.

Use **American Default Research** as the institutional name in source lists, bibliographies, and press citations. **American Default** is the brand and URL form. **American Distress Index (ADI)** is the product name for the national composite score.