AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Urban Prefecture in Japan

Ōsaka Prefecture

Urban Prefecture JP-27 Largest city: Ōsaka
42%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 40% (+1.5 pts).
MODEL2nd of 47 regions2M exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
8.8M
as of 2021
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
7.0%
3rd largest of 47
People in workMODEL
4.7M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
11.8%
national 11.2%
Area
1,855 km²
4,758 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
100% live in major cities
Largest city
Ōsaka
11.3M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
1.79×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
12.5%
7.0% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
47%
national 48%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
48%
national 48%
Augmentation 52%Automation 48%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Ōsaka Prefecture Japan
Health & care 16.3%
Manufacturing 14.3%
Retail & wholesale 13.5%
Business services 10.9%
ICT & software 7.0%
Other services 6.8%
Construction 6.7%
Education 5.8%
Hospitality 5.0%
Transport & logistics 4.8%
Public admin 4.6%
Finance 2.7%
Agriculture 1.1%
Utilities 0.4%
Mining 0.0%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Health & care 344K Business services 283K Retail & wholesale 255K Manufacturing 203K ICT & software 175K Education 142K Public admin 132K Other services 108K

Ranking in Japan

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 47 regions.

1Tokyo 43% 2Ōsaka Prefecture 42% 3Kanagawa Prefecture 41% 4Fukuoka Prefecture 41% 5Miyagi Prefecture 41% 6Kyōto Prefecture 41% 7Hiroshima Prefecture 41%
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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