AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Capital Metropolitan City in Republic of Korea

Seoul

Capital Metropolitan City KR-11 Capital region Largest city: Seoul
38%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 35% (+2.2 pts).
MODEL1st of 17 regions2.1M exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
9.7M
as of 2020
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
18.8%
2nd largest of 17
People in workMODEL
5.5M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
8.3%
national 7.7%
Area
578 km²
16.7K people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Highly urban
100% live in major cities
Largest city
Seoul
9.8M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
3.39×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
63.6%
18.8% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
49%
national 49%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
43%
national 44%
Augmentation 57%Automation 43%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Seoul Republic of Korea
Business services 15.9%
Manufacturing 13.6%
Retail & wholesale 10.7%
Health & care 10.2%
Hospitality 7.8%
Construction 6.6%
Education 6.1%
ICT & software 6.0%
Other services 6.0%
Transport & logistics 5.6%
Public admin 5.1%
Finance 3.9%
Agriculture 1.7%
Utilities 0.7%
Mining 0.0%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Business services 391K Health & care 258K Retail & wholesale 237K Manufacturing 179K Education 163K ICT & software 160K Public admin 152K Finance 130K

Ranking in Republic of Korea

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 17 regions.

1Seoul 38% 2Busan 37% 3Gwangju 37% 4Daegu 37% 5Daejeon 36% 6Incheon 36% 7Ulsan 36%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Republic of Korea'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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