AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Philippines

Ilocos Sur

Province PH-ILS Largest city: Vigan
23%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 23% (+0.1 pts).
MODEL35th of 118 regions69.3K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
710K
as of 2024
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
0.6%
53rd largest of 118
People in workMODEL
295K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
4.5%
national 4.5%
Area
2,720 km²
261 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
7% live in major cities
Largest city
Vigan
48.5K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage is published for the wider Ilocos Region area (4 map regions), so these figures describe that whole area.
Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.35×
usage share ÷ population share
Area’s share of national useANTHROPIC
1.5%
0.6% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
47%
national 45%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
54%
national 49%
Augmentation 46%Automation 54%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Ilocos Sur Philippines
Retail & wholesale 22.6%
Agriculture 19.1%
Construction 11.3%
Manufacturing 8.6%
Transport & logistics 7.6%
Other services 7.1%
Public admin 5.9%
Business services 5.8%
Hospitality 4.3%
Education 3.3%
Health & care 1.5%
Finance 1.3%
ICT & software 0.8%
Mining 0.5%
Utilities 0.4%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 20.7K Public admin 7,899 Business services 5,698 Transport & logistics 4,941 Other services 4,864 Manufacturing 4,471 Education 4,143 Agriculture 4,011

Ranking in Philippines

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 118 regions.

32Laguna 24% 33Cagayan 24% 34Samar 24% 35Ilocos Sur 23% 36Cavite 22% 37Rizal 22% 38Bulacan 22%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Philippines'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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