AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · State in Australia

New South Wales

State Largest city: Sydney
36%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 35% (+0.7 pts).
MODEL3rd of 11 regions1.6M exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
8.5M
as of 2024
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
31.2%
1st largest of 11
People in workMODEL
4.4M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.3%
national 6.1%
Area
802K km²
11 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
75% live in major cities
Largest city
Sydney
4.6M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
55
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
1.23×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
38.2%
31.2% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
43%
national 44%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
46%
national 46%
Augmentation 54%Automation 46%

Sector mix

MODEL

Estimated share of jobs by sector, against the national mix.

New South Wales Australia
Health & care 15.6%
Business services 13.2%
Retail & wholesale 12.8%
Construction 8.9%
Education 8.3%
Public admin 6.8%
Hospitality 6.5%
Manufacturing 6.2%
Transport & logistics 5.0%
Finance 4.3%
ICT & software 4.3%
Other services 4.0%
Mining 1.8%
Utilities 1.3%
Agriculture 1.2%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Health & care 297K Business services 247K Retail & wholesale 194K Education 174K Public admin 145K Finance 102K ICT & software 84K Hospitality 78.9K

Ranking in Australia

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 11 regions.

1Australian Capital Territory 37% 2Victoria 36% 3New South Wales 36% 4South Australia 35% 5Western Australia 34% 6Queensland 34% 7Northern Territory 33%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Australia's real ILO sector employment across regions using population (Wikidata) and density: denser, capital-city regions get more finance, ICT and professional jobs, and rural regions more farming. Totals match national figures. AI usage figures are measured, not modelled. Methodology

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