AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · State in Malaysia

Pahang

State MY-06 Largest city: Kuantan
28%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 29% (−1.1 pts).
MODEL15th of 16 regions200K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
1.4M
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
4.0%
10th largest of 16
People in workMODEL
713K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.5%
national 5.8%
Area
36K km²
40 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
29% live in major cities
Largest city
Kuantan
366K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
3
Natural Earth places

AI use

The Anthropic Economic Index does not publish usage for this region. Regions below a minimum number of sampled conversations are left out.

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Pahang Malaysia
Retail & wholesale 18.4%
Manufacturing 16.7%
Agriculture 12.2%
Hospitality 10.3%
Construction 7.9%
Business services 7.7%
Education 6.2%
Transport & logistics 4.6%
Public admin 4.5%
Health & care 3.9%
Other services 2.6%
Finance 2.1%
ICT & software 1.2%
Utilities 1.1%
Mining 0.6%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 44.1K Business services 22.9K Manufacturing 22.4K Education 20.7K Hospitality 20.1K Public admin 15.6K Health & care 11.4K Finance 8,905

Ranking in Malaysia

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 16 regions.

10Kedah 29% 11Kuala Lumpur 29% 12Selangor 28% 13Kelantan 28% 14Perlis 28% 15Pahang 28% 16Labuan 23%
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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