AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Prefecture in Japan

Ibaraki Prefecture

Prefecture JP-08 Largest city: Mito
39%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 40% (−1.3 pts).
MODEL43rd of 47 regions601K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
2.9M
as of 2021
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
2.3%
11th largest of 47
People in workMODEL
1.5M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
10.7%
national 11.2%
Area
6,335 km²
452 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Rural
12% live in major cities
Largest city
Mito
354K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.35×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
0.8%
2.3% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
50%
national 48%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
49%
national 48%
Augmentation 51%Automation 49%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Ibaraki Prefecture Japan
Health & care 17.0%
Manufacturing 16.8%
Retail & wholesale 14.1%
Construction 7.5%
Other services 7.1%
Business services 6.8%
Education 6.7%
Hospitality 5.2%
Transport & logistics 5.2%
Agriculture 4.1%
Public admin 4.0%
ICT & software 3.5%
Finance 1.5%
Utilities 0.5%
Mining 0.1%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Health & care 116K Retail & wholesale 86.2K Manufacturing 77.4K Business services 57.2K Education 53.2K Public admin 37.5K Other services 36.6K Transport & logistics 34.5K

Ranking in Japan

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 47 regions.

40Shimane Prefecture 39% 41Yamaguchi Prefecture 39% 42Iwate Prefecture 39% 43Ibaraki Prefecture 39% 44Saitama Prefecture 39% 45Saga Prefecture 36% 46Chiba Prefecture 36%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Japan'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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