AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Department in El Salvador

San Salvador

Department SV-SS Capital region Largest city: San Salvador
26%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 23% (+3.0 pts).
MODEL1st of 14 regions195K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
1.6M
as of 2024
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
26.4%
1st largest of 14
People in workMODEL
763K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
4.3%
national 3.5%
Area
876 km²
1,785 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Highly urban
92% live in major cities
Largest city
San Salvador
1.4M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
3.05×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
80.4%
26.4% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
45%
national 45%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
53%
national 53%
Augmentation 47%Automation 53%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

San Salvador El Salvador
Retail & wholesale 24.0%
Manufacturing 12.8%
Other services 10.9%
Hospitality 9.8%
Business services 8.8%
Construction 8.8%
Public admin 6.0%
Transport & logistics 4.6%
Agriculture 3.3%
Finance 2.7%
Health & care 2.7%
Education 2.6%
ICT & software 1.8%
Utilities 1.0%
Mining 0.1%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 53.8K Business services 21.4K Public admin 19.1K Other services 18.8K Hospitality 17.8K Manufacturing 13.8K Finance 12.1K Education 8,696

Ranking in El Salvador

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 14 regions.

1San Salvador 26% 2Santa Ana 23% 3San Miguel 23% 4Sonsonate 23% 5Cuscatlán 22% 6San Vicente 21% 7La Libertad 21%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits El Salvador'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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