109.0
Jul 2026 (latest)
MID-CAREER WORKERS IN AI-EXPOSED JOBS (STANFORD INDEX)
employment index, ages 35–40 in the most AI-exposed occupation quintile, November 2022 = 100 · 2022–2026 · higher is better · Stanford Digital Economy Lab, AI Economic Indicators (Brynjolfsson, Chandar & Chen, "Canaries in the Coal Mine")
100.0
Nov 2022
109.6
high · Jan 2026
91.1
low · Aug 2021
+9%
since Nov 2022
┊ on the monthly chart the dashed line marks ChatGPT released (Nov 30, 2022)
Method & caveats. Same index as the young-worker row, for ages 35–40 in the most AI-exposed occupation quintile (November 2022 = 100): the comparison group in the authors' headline that young workers' employment in exposed occupations sits below where it would be had it kept pace with experienced workers. Same source, same caveats.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://digitaleconomy.stanford.edu/project/indicators/canaries-dashboard/
- https://storage.googleapis.com/aviary-del-public/release_memos/latest/downloads/canaries_age_by_exposure_results.zip
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Employment-And-Jobs
Monthly data
The publisher's own cadence, every period. The annual table below is derived from these values (annual average); the annual figures are what the almanac pages and the machine-readable exports carry.
| Period | Mid-Career Workers in AI-Exposed Jobs (Stanford index) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 109.0 | +0% |
| Jun 2026 | 108.9 | −0% |
| May 2026 | 109.1 | +0% |
| Apr 2026 | 109.1 | +0% |
| Mar 2026 | 109.1 | −0% |
| Feb 2026 | 109.4 | −0% |
| Jan 2026 | 109.6 | +0% |
| Dec 2025 | 109.1 | +0% |
| Nov 2025 | 109.1 | +0% |
| Oct 2025 | 108.8 | +0% |
| Sep 2025 | 108.3 | +0% |
| Aug 2025 | 108.1 | +0% |
| Jul 2025 | 107.6 | +0% |
| Jun 2025 | 107.4 | −0% |
| May 2025 | 107.8 | +1% |
| Apr 2025 | 107.2 | +0% |
| Mar 2025 | 107.2 | −0% |
| Feb 2025 | 107.3 | −0% |
| Jan 2025 | 107.4 | +0% |
| Dec 2024 | 106.9 | −0% |
| Nov 2024 | 107.2 | +1% |
| Oct 2024 | 106.4 | +0% |
| Sep 2024 | 106.1 | −0% |
| Aug 2024 | 106.3 | +1% |
| Jul 2024 | 105.4 | −0% |
| Jun 2024 | 105.5 | −0% |
| May 2024 | 105.6 | +0% |
| Apr 2024 | 105.2 | +0% |
| Mar 2024 | 105.1 | +0% |
| Feb 2024 | 104.8 | +0% |
| Jan 2024 | 104.7 | +1% |
| Dec 2023 | 103.6 | −0% |
| Nov 2023 | 104.1 | +1% |
| Oct 2023 | 103.5 | +0% |
| Sep 2023 | 103.1 | +0% |
| Aug 2023 | 102.6 | +0% |
| Jul 2023 | 102.3 | −0% |
| Jun 2023 | 102.4 | +0% |
| May 2023 | 102.0 | +0% |
| Apr 2023 | 101.8 | +0% |
| Mar 2023 | 101.5 | +0% |
| Feb 2023 | 101.2 | +0% |
| Jan 2023 | 100.9 | +1% |
| Dec 2022 | 100.2 | +0% |
| Nov 2022 | 100.0 | +1% |
| Oct 2022 | 99.5 | +1% |
| Sep 2022 | 99.0 | +1% |
| Aug 2022 | 97.9 | +0% |
| Jul 2022 | 97.7 | +1% |
| Jun 2022 | 96.8 | +1% |
| May 2022 | 96.3 | +0% |
| Apr 2022 | 96.0 | +1% |
| Mar 2022 | 95.4 | +0% |
| Feb 2022 | 95.0 | +0% |
| Jan 2022 | 94.8 | +1% |
| Dec 2021 | 93.7 | +1% |
| Nov 2021 | 93.2 | +1% |
| Oct 2021 | 92.6 | +1% |
| Sep 2021 | 91.5 | +0% |
| Aug 2021 | 91.1 | — |
Annual data
| Year | Mid-Career Workers in AI-Exposed Jobs (Stanford index) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 109.2 | +1% |
| 2025 | 107.9 | +2% |
| 2024 | 105.8 | +3% |
| 2023 | 102.4 | +5% |
| 2022 | 97.4 | — |
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