AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Canton in Switzerland

Zürich

Canton CH-ZH Largest city: Zürich
41%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 40% (+1.3 pts).
MODEL3rd of 26 regions359K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
1.6M
as of 2024
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
18.0%
1st largest of 26
People in workMODEL
874K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
8.3%
national 7.9%
Area
1,734 km²
934 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
68% live in major cities
Largest city
Zürich
1.1M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
2.77×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
49.9%
18.0% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
41%
national 41%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
45%
national 45%
Augmentation 55%Automation 45%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Zürich Switzerland
Business services 18.0%
Health & care 14.5%
Retail & wholesale 10.6%
Manufacturing 10.4%
Finance 7.0%
Education 6.7%
Other services 6.4%
Construction 6.1%
Public admin 5.4%
ICT & software 5.1%
Transport & logistics 4.1%
Hospitality 3.8%
Utilities 0.9%
Agriculture 0.9%
Mining 0.1%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Business services 73.9K Health & care 57.9K Retail & wholesale 36.2K Finance 34.8K Education 28.7K Manufacturing 25.6K Public admin 24.7K ICT & software 21K

Ranking in Switzerland

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 26 regions.

1Basel-Stadt 42% 2Geneva 42% 3Zürich 41% 4Bern 41% 5Lucerne 41% 6Schaffhausen 40% 7Vaud 40%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Switzerland'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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