Indeed scores every US metro for how much generative AI could reshape its work

Indeed’s Hiring Lab published a metro-level GenAI exposure index on 25 August 2026, built from each metropolitan area’s job mix and per-skill exposure ratings. Scores run from about 40 to 60 with a national average of 44: San Jose (59), Seattle (57), Washington DC (54), San Francisco (53) and Austin (52) lead, while hands-on economies such as Homosassa Springs FL and Gettysburg PA sit near 40. Defence and aerospace research concentrations put Lexington Park MD and Huntsville AL in the top ten. The authors are explicit that high exposure means tasks could be reshaped, not that jobs disappear.

What it means It turns "will AI change my work" into a number per city, which is the form a consultant, an owner or a training lead can actually plan against.