AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · City in Ireland

Cork City

City Largest city: Cork
37%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 36% (+1.4 pts).
MODEL3rd of 34 regions86.6K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
542K
as of 2016
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
8.6%
3rd largest of 34
People in workMODEL
232K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.5%
national 6.1%
Area
61 km²
8,888 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
35% live in major cities
Largest city
Cork
189K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage is published for the wider Munster area (10 map regions), so these figures describe that whole area.
Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.23×
usage share ÷ population share
Area’s share of national useANTHROPIC
8.2%
8.6% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
31%
national 36%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
45%
national 47%
Augmentation 55%Automation 45%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Cork City Ireland
Business services 14.4%
Health & care 13.3%
Retail & wholesale 11.3%
Manufacturing 9.4%
ICT & software 8.4%
Education 7.8%
Hospitality 6.6%
Construction 5.8%
Public admin 5.8%
Finance 5.7%
Transport & logistics 4.3%
Other services 4.2%
Agriculture 1.5%
Utilities 1.3%
Mining 0.2%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Business services 14.2K Health & care 13.4K Retail & wholesale 9,111 ICT & software 8,825 Education 8,630 Finance 7,249 Public admin 6,495 Manufacturing 5,151

Ranking in Ireland

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 34 regions.

1Dublin 39% 2Limerick City 38% 3Cork City 37% 4Galway City 37% 5Louth 37% 6Kilkenny 37% 7Sligo 37%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Ireland'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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