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AI & jobs · Highly Urbanized City in Philippines

Cebu City

Highly Urbanized City Largest city: Cebu
27%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 23% (+3.2 pts).
MODEL10th of 118 regions156K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
1.4M
as of 2024
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
1.1%
25th largest of 118
People in workMODEL
587K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.4%
national 4.5%
Area
127 km²
11.1K people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Highly urban
58% live in major cities
Largest city
Cebu
815K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage is published for the wider Central Visayas area (2 map regions), so these figures describe that whole area.
Usage intensityANTHROPIC
2.30×
usage share ÷ population share
Area’s share of national useANTHROPIC
9.0%
1.1% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
42%
national 45%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
52%
national 49%
Augmentation 48%Automation 52%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Cebu City Philippines
Retail & wholesale 24.7%
Construction 11.7%
Business services 9.4%
Manufacturing 8.6%
Agriculture 8.2%
Transport & logistics 8.1%
Other services 7.8%
Public admin 7.3%
Hospitality 4.7%
Education 3.3%
Finance 2.3%
Health & care 1.6%
ICT & software 1.6%
Utilities 0.4%
Mining 0.4%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 45.1K Public admin 19.6K Business services 18.3K Other services 10.6K Transport & logistics 10.5K Manufacturing 8,877 Education 8,334 Finance 8,226

Ranking in Philippines

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 118 regions.

7Angeles 27% 8Tacloban 27% 9Cagayan de Oro 27% 10Cebu City 27% 11Dagupan 27% 12General Santos 27% 13Olongapo 27%
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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