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

Daegu

Metropolitan City KR-27 Largest city: Daegu
37%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 35% (+1.1 pts).
MODEL4th of 17 regions490K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
2.4M
as of 2023
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
4.6%
7th largest of 17
People in workMODEL
1.3M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
8.0%
national 7.7%
Area
465 km²
5,110 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
100% live in major cities
Largest city
Daegu
2.5M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.46×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
2.1%
4.6% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
41%
national 49%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
43%
national 44%
Augmentation 57%Automation 43%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Daegu Republic of Korea
Manufacturing 14.8%
Business services 13.5%
Retail & wholesale 11.1%
Health & care 10.5%
Hospitality 8.1%
Construction 7.0%
Education 6.5%
Other services 6.2%
Transport & logistics 5.8%
Public admin 4.9%
ICT & software 4.7%
Finance 3.1%
Agriculture 2.8%
Utilities 0.8%
Mining 0.0%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Business services 81.3K Health & care 65.7K Retail & wholesale 60.3K Manufacturing 47.7K Education 43.2K Public admin 36.2K ICT & software 30.5K Hospitality 29.3K

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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