While the share of U.S. employees using artificial intelligence in their roles increased in the fourth quarter of 2025, a gap remains between front-line employees and leadership, according to a Jan. 25 Gallup report.
Six things to know:
1. Forty-six percent of employees said they used AI at least occasionally — whether daily or a few times per week, month or year — according to a Gallup survey of 22,368 employed adults conducted between Oct. 30 and Nov. 13.
2. Of those respondents, 26% were frequent users and 12% were daily users. All measures were up from the third quarter and since Gallup began tracking usage in 2023.
3. Healthcare workers reported similar use rates, with 41% using AI overall, 25% identifying as frequent users and 13% as daily users.
4. AI adoption varied by role: 69% of leaders reported using AI at any frequency, compared to 55% of managers and 40% of individual contributors.
5. A separate report, from Wolters Kluwer Health, found that 46% of U.S. nurses use generative AI in their roles, and 45% said the technology could help reduce burnout by automating documentation and streamlining workflows. Additionally, 62% said AI use in onboarding and education could help recent graduates become productive more quickly.
6. At the same time, some employees remain concerned AI could lead to mass job loss. It was the second-most common reason cited for layoffs across industries in October, according to a November Bureau of Labor Statistics report.
