AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Autonomous Community in Spain

Barcelona

Autonomous Community ES-B Largest city: Barcelona
35%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 34% (+1.2 pts).
MODEL4th of 52 regions910K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
5.9M
as of 2024
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
12.1%
2nd largest of 52
People in workMODEL
2.6M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.8%
national 6.5%
Area
7,742 km²
762 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
87% live in major cities
Largest city
Barcelona
4.9M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
2
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage is published for the wider Catalonia area (4 map regions), so these figures describe that whole area.
Usage intensityANTHROPIC
1.32×
usage share ÷ population share
Area’s share of national useANTHROPIC
21.9%
12.1% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
46%
national 45%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
48%
national 49%
Augmentation 52%Automation 48%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Barcelona Spain
Business services 14.4%
Retail & wholesale 14.1%
Manufacturing 10.9%
Health & care 9.4%
Hospitality 8.5%
Other services 7.0%
Public admin 6.9%
Education 6.7%
Construction 6.5%
Transport & logistics 5.5%
ICT & software 4.9%
Finance 2.6%
Agriculture 1.5%
Utilities 1.1%
Mining 0.1%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Business services 159K Retail & wholesale 128K Health & care 106K Public admin 90.5K Education 83.2K ICT & software 59.3K Manufacturing 59.2K Hospitality 59K

Ranking in Spain

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 52 regions.

1Melilla 35% 2Community of Madrid 35% 3Ceuta 35% 4Barcelona 35% 5Biscay 35% 6Gipuzkoa 34% 7Araba / Álava 34%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Spain'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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