- Full name
- Stanford Digital Economy Lab and ADP Canaries Dashboard
- Published by
- Stanford Digital Economy Lab and ADP Research
- Edition in EduInsights
- September 17, 2026
- Current availability
- Used in the current EduInsights data release.
Why it matters
Why we use Stanford and ADP Canaries
Compare employment trends across age groups during the spread of AI tools.
Employment index
November 2022 equals 100. A value of 90 means employment is 10% below that baseline.
Annualized growth
A signed decimal growth rate. Multiply by 100 to display a percentage.
Year-over-year change
Employment change from the same month a year earlier, published as a signed decimal rate.
Good to know
What to keep in mind
- Month and vintage
- The month identifies when employment was measured. The vintage identifies the publisher’s release and can include revisions.
- Publisher groups
- Compare software developers separately from exposure groups. Keep age ranges, measures, and months consistent.
- A changing firm sample
- The five-year firm window rolls forward monthly. These firms use ADP payroll services.
On its own
Questions this source can answer by itself
These questions need no facts from another source.
- How has employment changed for software developers aged 22–25?
- Do younger and older workers show different employment trends?
- Which exposure groups have the largest year-over-year employment changes?
With other sources
Questions this source helps answer
We use another source only when it describes the same college, field, career, place, or time.
- Are computing degrees rising while employment for younger software developers weakens?
- How do observed employment changes compare with long-term career projections?
Where it stops
What this source cannot tell you
- The balanced firm sample does not cover the entire US labor market or all ADP firms.
- These changes do not establish that AI caused job losses.
- The data does not identify a college, degree program, or graduate’s career outcome.
Use this source in a real question.
Ask about a college, field, career, place, or change over time.
