AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · State in Malaysia

Perak

State MY-08 Largest city: Ipoh
30%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 29% (+0.6 pts).
MODEL4th of 16 regions333K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
2.3M
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
6.2%
6th largest of 16
People in workMODEL
1.1M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.9%
national 5.8%
Area
20.9K km²
108 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
45% live in major cities
Largest city
Ipoh
673K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
3
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.31×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
1.9%
6.2% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
38%
national 47%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
51%
national 48%
Augmentation 49%Automation 51%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Perak Malaysia
Retail & wholesale 19.0%
Manufacturing 16.4%
Hospitality 10.7%
Business services 9.8%
Construction 7.9%
Agriculture 7.5%
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 71.3K Business services 45.8K Manufacturing 34.4K Hospitality 32.5K Education 32K Public admin 27.1K Finance 18.9K Health & care 18.5K

Ranking in Malaysia

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 16 regions.

1Penang 33% 2Melaka 32% 3Putrajaya 31% 4Perak 30% 5Johor 30% 6Sarawak 30% 7Terengganu 30%
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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