AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · State in Brazil

Pernambuco

State BR-PE Largest city: Recife
29%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 28% (+1.1 pts).
MODEL6th of 27 regions1.3M exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
9.1M
as of 2022
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
4.5%
7th largest of 27
People in workMODEL
4.5M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.7%
national 5.4%
Area
98K km²
92 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
71% live in major cities
Largest city
Recife
3.7M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
13
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.65×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
2.9%
4.5% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
55%
national 58%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
51%
national 51%
Augmentation 50%Automation 51%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Pernambuco Brazil
Retail & wholesale 19.3%
Other services 11.5%
Manufacturing 11.3%
Business services 10.7%
Construction 7.5%
Health & care 7.0%
Education 6.3%
Transport & logistics 5.9%
Hospitality 5.7%
Public admin 5.5%
Agriculture 4.3%
ICT & software 2.1%
Finance 1.8%
Utilities 0.7%
Mining 0.5%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 280K Business services 184K Education 131K Other services 130K Health & care 129K Public admin 119K Manufacturing 81.2K Hospitality 63.8K

Ranking in Brazil

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 27 regions.

3Espírito Santo 30% 4Amapá 30% 5São Paulo 29% 6Pernambuco 29% 7Rio Grande do Sul 29% 8Amazonas 29% 9Paraná 28%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Brazil'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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