Adoption
What percentage of workers use AI at work?
Short Answer
75% of global knowledge workers used AI at work as of mid-2024, with usage nearly doubling in six months, according to Microsoft and LinkedIn's Work Trend Index.
Key Facts
- 75% — of global knowledge workers use AI at work (Microsoft & LinkedIn, 2024).
- 46% — of AI users at work started using it less than six months ago (Microsoft & LinkedIn, 2024).
- 28% — of workers currently use generative AI at work (Salesforce, 2024).
of global knowledge workers use AI at work
From the 2024 Work Trend Index surveying 31,000 workers across 31 countries. Usage nearly doubled in six months.
Is worker AI adoption growing faster than company adoption?
Yes — worker adoption has dramatically outpaced corporate adoption. Nearly half of AI users at work started using it less than six months before being surveyed, and 78% bring their own AI tools to work (BYOAI), often without formal employer approval or a security review.
Which workers use AI the most?
Tech workers lead at roughly 90% adoption, followed by marketing, finance, and consulting. Across all AI users globally, 83% use it specifically at work — meaning the productivity use case has overtaken personal exploration as the dominant driver of AI tool adoption.
How many workers pay for their own AI tools?
About 29% of employees pay for their own AI tools at work, and 50.2% use at least one personal AI account for work tasks. This 'shadow AI' economy exists because only about half of workers have received any formal AI training from their employer.
Supporting Data
of AI users at work started using it less than six months ago
Microsoft & LinkedIn, 2024
of workers currently use generative AI at work
Salesforce, 2024
of people who use AI are now doing so at work — only 1% use AI exclusively at work with no personal usage
Exploding Topics, 2025
of tech workers are using AI tools at work — up from just 14% in 2024
CNN / Google, 2025
Recommended Citation
AI Statistics Center, citing Microsoft & LinkedIn (2024). https://aistatisticscenter.com/answers/what-percentage-of-workers-use-ai-at-work
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