Are AI Jobs Really Surging at Small Businesses?

Are small businesses hiring AI-focused roles today? Most discussion of AI and hiring focuses on large, enterprise-scale companies. However, we found a small but growing share of small businesses on Gusto are hiring for AI roles – and that the pace has accelerated rapidly in the past two years. In this analysis, we look at the share of employees on small business payrolls with “AI” job titles. And we examine how AI hiring has shifted since 2019, and which industries and cities in America are leading the pack on AI hiring among small businesses.View the full analysis here.