Jobs Most Exposed to AI (2026): Exposure vs Measured Job Losses
Which occupations are most exposed to AI by each major measure, what the 2025 to 2035 BLS projections say, and what has been measured in jobs and hiring so far.
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Research & statistics
Workplace statistics you can cite. Every figure on these pages traces to a named primary source with a stated sample and a stated date — Pew, Gallup, Microsoft, the BLS, peer-reviewed journals — and each page says what its numbers do and do not prove. Charts on these pages may be embedded with attribution.
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Project Management Statistics (2026)
36% of organizations complete projects on time and 0.5% of large projects hit budget, schedule and benefits. Success rates, overruns, pay and methods.
Payroll Error Statistics (2026)
One in five US payrolls contains errors at $291 each, the IRS assessed 4.5 million employment tax penalties and DOL recovered $259 million. Causes and costs.
Gen Z in the Workplace Statistics (2026)
Workers aged 16 to 24 are 12.9% of the US labor force, Gen Z engagement fell 8 points since 2020 and 23% want fully remote work. Pay, stress, tenure, myths.
HR Technology Statistics (2026)
HCM software revenue hit $36.3 billion, 39% of organizations use AI in HR and 30% plan to raise HR tech spend in 2026. Systems, AI hiring, regulation and ROI.
Employee Training Statistics (2026)
US employers spent $102.8 billion on training in 2025, $874 per learner and 40 hours a year. Delivery, retention, skills gaps, AI and the 94% figure.
Unused Vacation and PTO Statistics (2026)
46% of US workers take less PTO than offered, 80% of private workers have paid vacation and the average is 11 days after a year. Why, and unlimited PTO.
Time Tracking Statistics (2026)
55.6% of US workers are paid hourly, 49% fill timesheets daily and workers overreport hours by 3.9%. The law, rounding court data, back wages and errors.
Working Hours Statistics (2026)
Americans average 34.4 paid hours, 38.3 hours at work or 41.9 full time, depending on the measure. By industry, long hours, the US against other countries.
Time Management Statistics (2026)
Americans work 7.66 hours on days worked, spend 57% of software time communicating and 24% say they work too many hours. What time management does.
Workplace Communication Statistics (2026)
Workers get 117 emails and 153 chat messages a day and spend 60% of app time communicating. Overload, after-hours, manager talks, remote inclusion and costs.
Micromanagement Statistics (2026)
34% of US workers feel micromanaged, 47% of those who are monitored. Trust, turnover, manager training and the 2004 figures that still circulate.
AI in the Workplace Statistics (2026)
52% of US employees use AI at work and 15% daily, up from 4% in 2023. 20% of businesses use it. Productivity trials, worker worry, training gaps and monitoring.
Procrastination Statistics (2026)
About 14% to 20% of adults are chronic procrastinators and at least half of students procrastinate habitually. Health, income and sleep effects, with sources.
Workplace Distraction Statistics (2026)
Workers switch into email or chat every six minutes and focus for 13 minutes at a stretch. Interruptions, phones, open offices, remote work and what helps.
Meeting Statistics (2026)
72% of meetings are rated ineffective, meeting time rose 252% after 2020 and two hours a day is the tipping point. Telemetry against surveys, costs and fixes.
Four-Day Work Week Statistics (2026)
92% of UK pilot firms kept the four-day week and burnout fell for 67% to 71% of staff. What the trials measured, what they did not, and the US picture.
Toxic Workplace Statistics (2026)
19% of US workers call their workplace toxic, 30% have been bullied and harassment charges rose 76% in four years. What toxic means, what it costs, who leaves.
Employee Wellness Program Statistics (2026)
83% of large US employers offer a wellness program and 48% of workers have access. What the randomized trials found and why the $3.27 ROI is dead.
Workplace Loneliness Statistics (2026)
22% of employees worldwide and 19% in the US and Canada feel lonely daily. Remote against on-site, age, health evidence and the $154 billion claim.
Job Satisfaction Statistics (2026)
68.9% of US workers are satisfied with their jobs, a 39-year high, yet only 51% are highly satisfied. By pay, age, income and blue-collar status.
Employee Recognition Statistics (2026)
22% of US employees get the right amount of recognition and 55% get none worth the name. How often it happens, what works, the turnover link and the ROI models.
Employee Onboarding Statistics (2026)
12% of employees rate onboarding as excellent, 44% have regrets in week one and about 40% of turnover is in year one. The figures that hold up.
Workplace Stress Statistics (2026)
50% of US workers feel stress daily and 31% often or always. Causes, who is most affected, health and cost figures, and recycled numbers to avoid.
Nurse Burnout Statistics (2026)
45% to 58% of US nurses report burnout, 40% intend to leave by 2029 and RN turnover is 17.6%. Causes, cost and what helps, with sources.
Teacher Burnout Statistics (2026)
55% of US teachers report frequent job stress against 34% of other workers. Burnout, hours, pay, intent to leave and real attrition, with sources.
Return to Office Statistics (2026)
Office attendance is 55% of 2019 levels, 26% of paid days are remote and 52% of remote-capable staff are hybrid. Mandates, attrition and engagement data.
Quiet Quitting Statistics (2026)
About half of US employees are not engaged, the group quiet quitting describes. How many, who, what it costs and what has changed since 2022, with sources.
Employee Turnover Statistics (2026)
US turnover in 2026: 3.2% monthly separations, 62.8 million in 2025, quits down and layoffs up, rates by industry, replacement cost and why people leave.
Employee Engagement Statistics (2026)
31% of US employees are engaged and 18% actively disengaged in 2026, flat for three years. Trend, cost, drivers and the manager effect, with sources.
Physician Burnout Statistics (2026)
Physician burnout is 41.9% in the latest AMA data, down from the 2021 peak. Rates by specialty, hours, EHR time, intent to leave and cost, with sources.
Productivity
Workplace Productivity Statistics by Country
Output per hour worked for 21 countries from Penn World Table 11.0, why Ireland tops every table, and why published figures disagree by up to 20 percent.
Burnout
Employee Burnout Statistics in 2026 and What They Mean for Managers
Employee burnout statistics from the WHO, APA, Gallup and Microsoft, with samples and dates, and what each number should change about workload.
Employee Monitoring
Employee Monitoring Statistics in 2026 US Managers Can Actually Trust
Employee monitoring statistics from named primary sources only: Pew, Microsoft and New York law, with samples and fielding dates.
Productivity
Remote Work Productivity Statistics in 2026
Remote work productivity statistics from primary sources: Pew 2025, a randomized hybrid trial in Nature, Microsoft telemetry and Gallup.
Time Tracking
Time Theft at Work in 2026: What the Data Actually Shows
What time theft is, whether it is illegal in the US, what punishment usually looks like, and why the popular statistics do not hold up.