This research explores the global AI workforce and policies that affect it, including immigration, education pipelines and talent recruitment and retention—with particular emphasis on the national security workforce. We explore the supply and demand of the AI workforce in the United States and China, the state of AI education in the United States and China, technical talent migration trends within the United States, strengthening DOD’s AI workforce and access to talent, and preparing all U.S. workers to compete and succeed in an AI-enabled world. We also look at the role of non-traditional educational pathways in growing the AI workforce and the status and immigration dynamics of top AI-research talent.

Data Snapshot

Introducing the Cyber Jobs Dataset

Maggie Wu

| February 6, 2024

This data snapshot is the first in a series on CSET’s cybersecurity jobs data, a new dataset created by classifying data from 513 million LinkedIn user profiles. Here, we offer an overview of its creation and explore some use cases for analysis.

Data Snapshot

The U.S. AI Workforce: Analyzing Current Supply and Growth

Sonali Subbu Rathinam

| January 30, 2024

Understanding the current state of the AI workforce is essential as the U.S. prepares an AI-ready workforce. This Data Snapshot provides the latest estimates for the AI workforce by using data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2022 American Community Survey. It also highlights the changes in size and composition of...

Formal Response

Comment on DHS’s Proposed Rule Modernizing H-1B Requirements

Luke Koslosky

| December 2023

CSET submitted the following comment in response to a DHS Notice on Proposed Rule-Making from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services about modernizing H-1B requirements, providing flexibility in the F-1 program, and program improvements affecting other nonimmigrant workers...

Riding the AI Wave: What’s Happening in K-12 Education?

Ali Crawford Cherry Wu

| April 2, 2024

Over the past year, artificial intelligence has quickly become a focal point in K-12 education. This blog post describes new and existing K-12 AI education efforts so that U.S. policymakers and other decision-makers may better understand what’s happening in practice.

Good News in the Progress Toward Top-Tier Research Status for HBCUs?

Jaret C. Riddick

| March 13, 2024

The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education is making changes to drastically simplify the criteria that determine its highly coveted R1 top-tier research classification. Last year, CSET Senior Fellow, Jaret Riddick, wrote about a new law from Congress, Section 223 of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, intended to...

NobleReach Foundation and CSET Collaborate on Mapping Emerging Technology Talent Pipelines

January 30, 2024

CSET's Workforce team is partnering with the NobleReach Foundation to deliver new research on talent trends in the U.S., including the talent development pipelines for AI, cybersecurity, and other emerging technologies.

Matthias Oschinski

Senior Fellow

Ali Crawford

Research Analyst

Dahlia Peterson

State Department Fellow

Jack Corrigan

Senior Research Analyst

Jacob Feldgoise

Data Research Analyst

Luke Koslosky

Research Analyst

Sonali Subbu Rathinam

Data Research Analyst

In a Marketplace radio segment, CSET's Zach Arnold shared his insights on the creation of an AI Visa specifically designed for AI talent.

The Washington Post cited a CSET report that delves into the issue of talent retention in artificial intelligence and its effects on the United States' competitiveness. The report was referenced in an article discussing how countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada are successfully attracting highly skilled immigrants, including international students educated in the United States.

In his opinion piece in The Hill, Research Analyst Luke Koslosky discusses the role of community colleges in training the next generation of the U.S. AI workforce.