AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · State in Malaysia

Selangor

State MY-10 Largest city: Kelang
28%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 29% (−0.8 pts).
MODEL12th of 16 regions761K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
5.4M
as of 2010
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
14.8%
2nd largest of 16
People in workMODEL
2.7M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.6%
national 5.8%
Area
7,764 km²
697 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
27% live in major cities
Largest city
Kelang
956K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
2
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
3.12×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
46.3%
14.8% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
49%
national 47%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
48%
national 48%
Augmentation 52%Automation 48%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Selangor Malaysia
Retail & wholesale 18.6%
Manufacturing 16.7%
Agriculture 11.1%
Hospitality 10.4%
Business services 8.1%
Construction 7.9%
Education 6.2%
Transport & logistics 4.6%
Public admin 4.6%
Health & care 3.9%
Other services 2.7%
Finance 2.2%
ICT & software 1.3%
Utilities 1.1%
Mining 0.6%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 167K Business services 90.4K Manufacturing 83.9K Education 77.6K Hospitality 76K Public admin 59.9K Health & care 43.2K Finance 35.5K

Ranking in Malaysia

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 16 regions.

9Sabah 29% 10Kedah 29% 11Kuala Lumpur 29% 12Selangor 28% 13Kelantan 28% 14Perlis 28% 15Pahang 28%
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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