AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · State in Germany

Lower Saxony

State DE-NI Largest city: Hanover
38%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 39% (−1.0 pts).
MODEL11th of 16 regions1.5M exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
7.9M
as of 2022
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
9.6%
4th largest of 16
People in workMODEL
4M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
7.9%
national 8.2%
Area
47.4K km²
168 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Rural
20% live in major cities
Largest city
Hanover
722K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
6
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.55×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
5.3%
9.6% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
38%
national 40%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
45%
national 46%
Augmentation 55%Automation 45%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Lower Saxony Germany
Manufacturing 19.9%
Health & care 15.1%
Retail & wholesale 12.9%
Business services 8.5%
Education 7.7%
Public admin 6.9%
Construction 6.6%
Transport & logistics 5.2%
Other services 4.9%
Hospitality 3.7%
ICT & software 2.6%
Finance 2.2%
Utilities 1.8%
Agriculture 1.7%
Mining 0.2%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Health & care 277K Manufacturing 217K Retail & wholesale 205K Business services 162K Education 153K Public admin 150K Transport & logistics 76.5K Other services 64.6K

Ranking in Germany

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 16 regions.

8Saxony 39% 9Bavaria 38% 10Schleswig-Holstein 38% 11Lower Saxony 38% 12Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 38% 13Thuringia 38% 14Rhineland-Palatinate 37%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Germany'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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