About AIJobWatch

AIJobWatch is a free, open-data platform that tracks how artificial intelligence and automation are reshaping the American labor market — with evidence, not hype.

Why We Built This

The conversation around AI and jobs is dominated by two extremes: breathless predictions of mass unemployment and dismissive reassurances that "new jobs will appear." Neither is useful if you're a worker, educator, or policymaker trying to make real decisions today.

We built AIJobWatch to fill the gap between academic research and public understanding. Every risk score, every trend line, every projection on this site is grounded in publicly available government data and peer-reviewed methodology.

What We Track

• 925 occupations with composite AI risk scores
• 22 industries with sector-level automation trends
• 51 states & territories with regional employment vulnerability
• 393 metro areas with local AI risk profiles
• 3,220 counties with industry-mix risk scores
• 324 companies tracked for AI adoption and layoffs
• Real-time layoff signals from WARN Act filings and news reporting
• FRED labor market indicators (unemployment, JOLTS, participation)
• Indeed hiring trend data

Our Data Sources

• Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) — Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
• O*NET — Task-level occupation data from the Department of Labor
• Frey & Osborne (2017) — Oxford automation probability estimates
• OECD — Task-based automation risk framework
• Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
• State WARN Act filings — Real-time layoff notifications
• SEC filings — Corporate restructuring and AI-related workforce changes
• Census Bureau — County Business Patterns employment data
• Indeed Hiring Lab — Job posting trends
• layoffs.fyi — Tech layoff tracker

A Project by TheDataProject.ai

AIJobWatch is built and maintained by TheDataProject.ai, an independent initiative focused on making complex data accessible and actionable. We believe public data should serve the public — not sit locked in PDFs and government databases.

Our Principles