AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Costa Rica

Heredia

Province CR-H Largest city: Heredia
23%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 28% (−4.5 pts).
MODEL7th of 7 regions50.2K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
479K
as of 2022
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
9.5%
5th largest of 7
People in workMODEL
215K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
4.1%
national 5.3%
Area
2,706 km²
177 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Very rural
5% live in major cities
Largest city
Heredia
21.9K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.69×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
6.6%
9.5% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
48%
national 45%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
47%
national 49%
Augmentation 54%Automation 47%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Heredia Costa Rica
Agriculture 26.4%
Retail & wholesale 15.4%
Manufacturing 10.9%
Other services 9.2%
Education 6.1%
Hospitality 5.7%
Construction 5.4%
Transport & logistics 5.3%
Health & care 4.4%
Business services 4.3%
Public admin 3.3%
Utilities 1.5%
Finance 1.1%
ICT & software 0.8%
Mining 0.3%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 10.6K Education 6,066 Other services 4,897 Agriculture 4,175 Health & care 3,866 Manufacturing 3,853 Business services 3,483 Public admin 3,367

Ranking in Costa Rica

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 7 regions.

1San José 31% 2Cartago 28% 3Alajuela 28% 4Limón 26% 5Guanacaste 25% 6Puntarenas 25% 7Heredia 23%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Costa Rica'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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