How AI models describe each state's economy

How the AI models that free chatbot users get describe the economy of the United States and thirteen states. Five questions, each asked of every model with web search on; Better, About the same and Worse become a -100 to +100 Better-Worse index, where 0 is balanced.

active5 questions · 5 models · daily, 10% of the poll each run · Nov 5, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026economy

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As of the run of Nov 5, 2026, 4:57 PM UTC. Latest results

Results as of Nov 5, 2026, 4:57 PM UTC

Question 5 of 5 · where do the answers differ?

Compared with a month ago, are pay and incomes for people living in the United States better, about the same, or worse?

All 14 places · Run of Nov 5, 4:57 PM UTC · 210 replies · 5 models

By place

The run of Nov 5, 2026.

Method

5 models, each asked every question 2 times per wording through its provider's API, daily, 10% of the poll's wordings each run, every wording asked once before any is asked again.
Data from Nov 5, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026: 10 runs, 4,096 answers read.
Every range is a 95% interval. Results combine every run; a question whose answer choices changed starts fresh from the change.
No system prompt. Prompt template v1. How a reply becomes an answer is on the methodology page.

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Communities News. (2026). How AI models describe each state's economy [Poll of AI models, results as of Nov 5, 2026]. Mind Polling. https://mindpolling.com/p/how-ai-models-describe-each-state-of-economy?asof=45b25b4f-0248-4646-8804-59b85249917f

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How AI models describe each state's economy

active5 questions · 5 models · daily, 10% of the poll each run · Nov 5, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026economy

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Mind Polling did not write these questions. Answers come from each model's API, not its chat app.

Method

5 models, each asked every question 2 times per wording through its provider's API, daily, 10% of the poll's wordings each run, every wording asked once before any is asked again.

Data from Nov 5, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026: 10 runs, 4,096 answers read.

Every range is a 95% interval. Results combine every run; a question whose answer choices changed starts fresh from the change.

No system prompt. Prompt template v1. How a reply becomes an answer is on the methodology page.

Data

Cite this poll, as of its latest run:

Each view's figures download as CSV beside its table. Every reply belongs to the poll's author; the Answers view quotes a sample.

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Better-Worse index (0 is balanced), by place: the run of Nov 5, 2026, the models averaged, highest first. A rank's spread is every place it could hold given every place's 95% range.

Rank

Place

Wording

Figure

95% range

Answers

Official figure

1st, could be 1st to 13th

Texas

+40

-10 to +74

15 from 5 models

Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees: Total Private in Texas: $36.76 in September 2026, up $2, or 5.8% from a year earlier (September 2025), as this series is not seasonally adjusted

2nd, could be 1st to 14th

Pennsylvania

+20

-29 to +60

15 from 5 models

Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees: Total Private in Pennsylvania: $34.11 in September 2026, up $1.26, or 3.8% from a year earlier (September 2025), as this series is not seasonally adjusted

2nd, could be 1st to 14th

Colorado

+20

-29 to +60

15 from 5 models

Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees: Total Private in Colorado: $40.19 in September 2026, up $0.79, or 2% from a year earlier (September 2025), as this series is not seasonally adjusted

4th, could be 1st to 14th

New York

+13

-34 to +55

15 from 5 models

Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees: Total Private in New York: $39.87 in September 2026, up $0.5, or 1.3% from a year earlier (September 2025), as this series is not seasonally adjusted

4th, could be 1st to 14th

Missouri

+13

-34 to +55

15 from 5 models

Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees: Total Private in Missouri: $34.38 in September 2026, up $1.92, or 5.9% from a year earlier (September 2025), as this series is not seasonally adjusted

6th, could be 1st to 14th

Massachusetts

-40 to +50

15 from 5 models

Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees: Total Private in Massachusetts: $43.75 in September 2026, up $1.51, or 3.6% from a year earlier (September 2025), as this series is not seasonally adjusted

7th, could be 1st to 14th

Alaska

-45 to +45

15 from 5 models

Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees: Total Private in Alaska: $38.43 in September 2026, up $0.28, or 0.7% from a year earlier (September 2025), as this series is not seasonally adjusted

8th, could be 1st to 14th

Illinois

-7

-50 to +40

15 from 5 models

Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees: Total Private in Illinois: $36.83 in September 2026, up $1.44, or 4.1% from a year earlier (September 2025), as this series is not seasonally adjusted

9th, could be 1st to 14th

Virginia

-13

-55 to +34

15 from 5 models

Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees: Total Private in Virginia: $38.63 in September 2026, up $1.81, or 4.9% from a year earlier (September 2025), as this series is not seasonally adjusted

10th, could be 1st to 14th

Georgia

-20

-60 to +29

15 from 5 models

Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees: Total Private in Georgia: $35.39 in September 2026, up $0.49, or 1.4% from a year earlier (September 2025), as this series is not seasonally adjusted

11th, could be 1st to 14th

United States

Base

-33

-70 to +17

15 from 5 models

Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees, Total Private: $37.81 in September 2026, up $0.05, or 0.1% from August 2026

11th, could be 1st to 14th

California

-33

-70 to +17

15 from 5 models

Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees: Total Private in California: $42.58 in September 2026, up $0.8, or 1.9% from a year earlier (September 2025), as this series is not seasonally adjusted

13th, could be 1st to 14th

Ohio

-40

-74 to +10

15 from 5 models

Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees: Total Private in Ohio: $34.39 in September 2026, up $1.34, or 4.1% from a year earlier (September 2025), as this series is not seasonally adjusted

14th, could be 2nd to 14th

Minnesota

-67

-89 to -17

15 from 5 models

Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees: Total Private in Minnesota: $39.78 in September 2026, unchanged from a year earlier (September 2025), as this series is not seasonally adjusted