AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Ecuador

Santa Elena

Province EC-SE Largest city: Salinas
15%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 18% (−2.7 pts).
MODEL15th of 24 regions30.1K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
386K
as of 2022
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
2.3%
14th largest of 24
People in workMODEL
198K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.7%
national 2.3%
Area
4,194 km²
92 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Rural
11% live in major cities
Largest city
Salinas
43.9K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
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.

Santa Elena Ecuador
Agriculture 47.0%
Retail & wholesale 13.4%
Manufacturing 8.0%
Construction 5.2%
Hospitality 5.2%
Transport & logistics 4.7%
Other services 4.5%
Education 3.1%
Business services 3.1%
Public admin 2.0%
Health & care 2.0%
Utilities 0.5%
Mining 0.5%
ICT & software 0.4%
Finance 0.3%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 7,170 Agriculture 6,376 Education 2,638 Hospitality 2,147 Manufacturing 1,986 Other services 1,765 Business services 1,682 Public admin 1,550

Ranking in Ecuador

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 24 regions.

12Loja 17% 13Galápagos 17% 14Cotopaxi 16% 15Santa Elena 15% 16Bolívar 15% 17Los Ríos 15% 18Pastaza 14%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Ecuador'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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