AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Highly Urbanized City in Philippines

Metro Manila

Highly Urbanized City Capital region Largest city: Manila
28%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 23% (+5.0 pts).
MODEL1st of 118 regions1.7M exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
14M
as of 2024
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
11.4%
1st largest of 118
People in workMODEL
5.8M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.9%
national 4.5%
Area
49 km²
286K people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Highly urban
79% live in major cities
Largest city
Manila
11.1M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
4.56×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
51.9%
11.4% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
46%
national 45%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
48%
national 49%
Augmentation 52%Automation 48%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Metro Manila Philippines
Retail & wholesale 24.7%
Business services 12.6%
Construction 11.2%
Public admin 8.1%
Manufacturing 8.0%
Transport & logistics 7.9%
Other services 7.8%
Hospitality 4.7%
Agriculture 4.0%
Finance 3.3%
Education 3.1%
ICT & software 2.4%
Health & care 1.6%
Utilities 0.4%
Mining 0.3%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 446K Business services 244K Public admin 214K Finance 118K Other services 105K Transport & logistics 102K Manufacturing 81.9K Education 77.7K

Ranking in Philippines

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 118 regions.

1Metro Manila 28% 2Pasay 27% 3Quezon City 27% 4Baguio 27% 5Bacolod 27% 6Naga 27% 7Angeles 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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