AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Bulgaria

Plovdiv

Province BG-16 Largest city: Plovdiv
31%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 30% (+0.5 pts).
MODEL4th of 28 regions94.8K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
638K
as of 2025
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
9.9%
2nd largest of 28
People in workMODEL
309K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
4.9%
national 4.8%
Area
5,557 km²
115 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
53% live in major cities
Largest city
Plovdiv
340K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.71×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
7.1%
9.9% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
51%
national 46%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
48%
national 50%
Augmentation 52%Automation 48%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Plovdiv Bulgaria
Retail & wholesale 17.7%
Manufacturing 17.0%
Business services 8.3%
Construction 8.1%
Public admin 7.8%
Transport & logistics 6.7%
Health & care 6.4%
Education 6.2%
Hospitality 5.2%
ICT & software 4.7%
Other services 4.0%
Agriculture 3.0%
Finance 2.4%
Utilities 2.1%
Mining 0.7%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 17.5K Public admin 11K Business services 10.3K Manufacturing 9,890 Education 9,040 Health & care 8,268 ICT & software 6,468 Transport & logistics 4,261

Ranking in Bulgaria

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 28 regions.

1Grad Sofiya 32% 2Ruse 31% 3Varna 31% 4Plovdiv 31% 5Pernik 31% 6Sliven 30% 7Shumen 30%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Bulgaria'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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