AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in China

Shandong

Province CN-SD Largest city: Zibo
19%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 18% (+0.5 pts).
MODEL12th of 32 regions9.9M exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
101.5M
as of 2020
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
7.2%
2nd largest of 32
People in workMODEL
53.1M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.1%
national 2.9%
Area
156K km²
651 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
24% live in major cities
Largest city
Zibo
3.1M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
22
Natural Earth places

AI use

The Anthropic Economic Index does not publish usage for this region. Regions below a minimum number of sampled conversations are left out.

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Shandong China
Manufacturing 21.8%
Agriculture 18.3%
Retail & wholesale 14.7%
Construction 9.5%
Public admin 6.6%
Other services 5.4%
Transport & logistics 4.7%
Education 4.4%
Hospitality 4.0%
Business services 3.9%
Health & care 2.4%
Finance 1.4%
ICT & software 1.2%
Utilities 1.2%
Mining 0.6%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 2M Manufacturing 1.5M Public admin 1.4M Education 987K Agriculture 650K Business services 503K Health & care 467K Finance 452K

Ranking in China

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 32 regions.

9Hubei 19% 10Xinjiang 19% 11Shanxi 19% 12Shandong 19% 13Chongqing 19% 14Jiangsu 18% 15Inner Mongolia 18%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits China'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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