AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · State in Malaysia

Johor

State MY-01 Largest city: Johor Bahru
30%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 29% (+0.5 pts).
MODEL5th of 16 regions493K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
3.3M
as of 2010
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
9.2%
4th largest of 16
People in workMODEL
1.7M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.9%
national 5.8%
Area
19.3K km²
174 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
43% live in major cities
Largest city
Johor Bahru
875K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
4
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.64×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
5.9%
9.2% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
44%
national 47%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
48%
national 48%
Augmentation 52%Automation 48%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Johor Malaysia
Retail & wholesale 19.0%
Manufacturing 16.4%
Hospitality 10.7%
Business services 9.8%
Construction 7.9%
Agriculture 7.6%
Education 6.1%
Public admin 5.0%
Transport & logistics 4.7%
Health & care 4.0%
Finance 2.8%
Other services 2.7%
ICT & software 1.7%
Utilities 1.1%
Mining 0.5%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 106K Business services 67.6K Manufacturing 51.1K Hospitality 48.1K Education 47.5K Public admin 40.1K Finance 27.8K Health & care 27.4K

Ranking in Malaysia

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 16 regions.

2Melaka 32% 3Putrajaya 31% 4Perak 30% 5Johor 30% 6Sarawak 30% 7Terengganu 30% 8Negeri Sembilan 29%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Malaysia'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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