AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · State in Mexico

Sonora

State MX-SON Largest city: Hermosillo
25%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 24% (+0.6 pts).
MODEL11th of 33 regions319K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
2.9M
as of 2015
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
2.2%
19th largest of 33
People in workMODEL
1.3M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
4.2%
national 4.0%
Area
179K km²
16 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
71% live in major cities
Largest city
Hermosillo
596K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
13
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.83×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
1.8%
2.2% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
44%
national 46%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
54%
national 51%
Augmentation 46%Automation 54%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Sonora Mexico
Retail & wholesale 20.6%
Manufacturing 16.7%
Business services 9.8%
Agriculture 9.0%
Other services 8.0%
Hospitality 7.6%
Construction 6.6%
Education 5.1%
Transport & logistics 5.0%
Public admin 4.1%
Health & care 3.6%
Finance 1.5%
ICT & software 0.9%
Utilities 0.8%
Mining 0.7%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 79.8K Business services 42.8K Manufacturing 31.5K Education 29.4K Other services 23.5K Public admin 23.4K Hospitality 22.3K Health & care 18.4K

Ranking in Mexico

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 33 regions.

8Querétaro 25% 9Jalisco 25% 10Morelos 25% 11Sonora 25% 12Chihuahua 25% 13Sinaloa 25% 14Puebla 25%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Mexico'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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