AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · State in India

Punjab

State IN-PB Largest city: Ludhiana
15%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 15% (+0.5 pts).
MODEL14th of 36 regions2M exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
27.7M
as of 2011
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
2.2%
18th largest of 36
People in workMODEL
12.8M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.9%
national 1.8%
Area
50.4K km²
550 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
16% live in major cities
Largest city
Ludhiana
1.6M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
6
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
1.06×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
2.3%
2.2% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
36%
national 45%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
53%
national 53%
Augmentation 47%Automation 53%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Punjab India
Agriculture 37.6%
Construction 13.8%
Manufacturing 12.9%
Retail & wholesale 12.0%
Transport & logistics 5.1%
Other services 3.7%
Education 3.5%
Hospitality 2.3%
Business services 2.2%
Public admin 1.6%
Health & care 1.6%
ICT & software 1.5%
Finance 1.2%
Utilities 0.7%
Mining 0.3%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 419K Agriculture 332K Manufacturing 224K Education 186K Construction 154K Transport & logistics 109K Other services 94.2K Finance 80.6K

Ranking in India

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 36 regions.

11Karnataka 16% 12Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 16% 13Andaman and Nicobar Islands 16% 14Punjab 15% 15Jammu and Kashmir 15% 16Haryana 15% 17Kerala 15%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits India'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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