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

Gwangju

Metropolitan City KR-29 Largest city: Gwangju
37%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 35% (+1.3 pts).
MODEL3rd of 17 regions292K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
1.4M
as of 2024
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
2.7%
14th largest of 17
People in workMODEL
795K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
8.1%
national 7.7%
Area
133 km²
10.6K people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
100% live in major cities
Largest city
Gwangju
1.4M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.40×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
1.1%
2.7% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
46%
national 49%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
45%
national 44%
Augmentation 55%Automation 45%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Gwangju Republic of Korea
Manufacturing 14.6%
Business services 13.9%
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 4.9%
Finance 3.2%
Agriculture 2.6%
Utilities 0.8%
Mining 0.0%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Business services 49.6K Health & care 38.8K Retail & wholesale 35.6K Manufacturing 28K Education 25.3K Public admin 21.6K ICT & software 18.9K Hospitality 17.3K

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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