AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Indonesia

North Sumatra

Province ID-SU Largest city: Medan
21%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 20% (+1.5 pts).
MODEL4th of 33 regions1.7M exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
15.6M
as of 2024
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
5.5%
4th largest of 33
People in workMODEL
7.9M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.2%
national 2.9%
Area
73.5K km²
212 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
24% live in major cities
Largest city
Medan
2.1M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
7
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.

North Sumatra Indonesia
Retail & wholesale 21.3%
Agriculture 19.7%
Manufacturing 14.9%
Hospitality 8.7%
Construction 7.4%
Education 5.3%
Other services 5.1%
Transport & logistics 4.8%
Public admin 3.9%
Business services 2.5%
Health & care 1.9%
Finance 1.5%
Mining 1.2%
ICT & software 1.0%
Utilities 0.7%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 490K Education 176K Manufacturing 167K Hospitality 165K Public admin 126K Agriculture 110K Other services 89.7K Transport & logistics 75.4K

Ranking in Indonesia

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 33 regions.

1Jakarta 25% 2Bali 22% 3Gorontalo 22% 4North Sumatra 21% 5West Sumatra 21% 6Yogyakarta 21% 7East Kalimantan 21%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Indonesia'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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