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AI WORKFORCE READINESS · UNITED STATES

How AI-ready is each state workforce?

Every state below carries an AI Ready Score: an employment-weighted read of how exposed its jobs are to AI-driven task change, and how resilient the skill base is. Scores are computed from publicly available labor market data using the JobRoute methodology. Find your state in the ranking, then open its full transparency page.

The national picture

Before the state ranking, start with the whole country: an employment-weighted read of AI-exposure readiness across the national labor market, computed from the same public data using the JobRoute methodology.

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National AI Ready Score
64/100
Workers analyzed
144,555,948

Employment data May 2025

The state ranking.

51 states published · employment data May 2025

States ranked by AI Ready Score, highest first. Each row links to that state public transparency page.
RankStateAI Ready ScoreWorkers analyzedPipeline gap
1WyomingWY65/100Moderate259,621-1.3%
2AlabamaAL65/100Moderate1,956,275-1.6%
3AlaskaAK65/100Moderate299,659-1.3%
4HawaiiHI65/100Moderate586,162-1.3%
5North DakotaND65/100Moderate397,512-1.4%
6MontanaMT65/100Moderate477,591-1.4%
7MississippiMS65/100Moderate1,074,981-1.5%
8IndianaIN64/100Moderate2,956,249-1.7%
9ArkansasAR64/100Moderate1,228,680-1.6%
10OklahomaOK64/100Moderate1,626,097-1.6%
11KentuckyKY64/100Moderate1,858,080-1.6%
12LouisianaLA64/100Moderate1,826,754-1.4%
13MaineME64/100Moderate586,107-1.6%
14New MexicoNM64/100Moderate797,942-1.7%
15IdahoID64/100Moderate796,079-1.8%
16IowaIA64/100Moderate1,455,145-1.6%
17West VirginiaWV64/100Moderate656,168-1.4%
18South DakotaSD64/100Moderate432,149-1.4%
19OhioOH64/100Moderate5,186,227-1.8%
20South CarolinaSC64/100Moderate2,156,981-1.9%
21TennesseeTN64/100Moderate3,093,093-1.7%
22VermontVT64/100Moderate270,955-1.5%
23NevadaNV64/100Moderate1,480,879-1.5%
24NebraskaNE64/100Moderate966,217-1.6%
25MichiganMI64/100Moderate4,068,961-1.9%
26KansasKS64/100Moderate1,336,231-1.7%
27WisconsinWI64/100Moderate2,709,650-1.9%
28Rhode IslandRI64/100Moderate449,467-1.9%
29OregonOR64/100Moderate1,842,220-1.7%
30PennsylvaniaPA64/100Moderate5,583,781-1.9%
31MissouriMO64/100Moderate2,714,455-1.7%
32ConnecticutCT64/100Moderate1,552,142-1.9%
33TexasTX64/100Moderate13,276,554-1.9%
34DelawareDE64/100Moderate440,157-2.1%
35New HampshireNH64/100Moderate636,805-2.0%
36MassachusettsMA64/100Moderate3,334,851-2.2%
37ColoradoCO64/100Moderate2,723,802-2.1%
38North CarolinaNC64/100Moderate4,703,445-2.1%
39IllinoisIL64/100Moderate5,677,870-2.0%
40MinnesotaMN64/100Moderate2,675,317-2.1%
41ArizonaAZ64/100Moderate3,029,524-1.9%
42VirginiaVA64/100Moderate3,859,356-2.2%
43WashingtonWA64/100Moderate3,279,095-2.1%
44GeorgiaGA64/100Moderate4,618,264-2.0%
45CaliforniaCA64/100Moderate16,606,338-1.9%
46UtahUT64/100Moderate1,616,408-2.2%
47FloridaFL63/100Moderate9,483,992-2.1%
48MarylandMD63/100Moderate2,602,538-2.1%
49New JerseyNJ63/100Moderate3,983,569-2.1%
50New YorkNY63/100Moderate8,664,786-2.2%
51District of ColumbiaDC61/100Moderate660,767-2.5%

A higher score means a more AI-ready workforce relative to current AI tools. The pipeline gap is the modeled year-over-year change in employment across AI-exposed roles. Scores are a starting point for policy planning, not a verdict on any individual worker.

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Sources: O*NET 30.3, Anthropic Economic Index (March 2026), BLS OES May 2025, WEF Future of Jobs 2025, Stanford/ADP (Nov 2025). Employment vintage: May 2025. Full methodology →