AI Was Supposed to Reduce Developer Burnout. The Data Says Otherwise.

We launched the State of Developer Burnout 2026 survey recently. Here's what the early data shows. The average burnout score is 7.4 out of 10 We asked engineers to rate how burned out they feel right now on a scale of 1 to 10. The average is 7.4. Very few people rated themselves below 5. The responses cluster in the 7–9 range — high burnout, sustained over time. Over 70% have been burning out for 6 months or more Nearly three quarters of respondents said they've been feeling this way for at leas