AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · State in United States

Illinois

State US-IL Largest city: Chicago
36%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 35% (+0.8 pts).
MODEL8th of 51 regions2.4M exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
12.8M
as of 2020
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
3.9%
6th largest of 51
People in workMODEL
6.6M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.2%
national 6.0%
Area
150K km²
85 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
97% live in major cities
Largest city
Chicago
9M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
20
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage per capitaANTHROPIC
1.00×
Anthropic AI Usage Index
Share of national useANTHROPIC
3.8%
3.9% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
38%
national 41%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
49%
national 50%
Augmentation 51%Automation 49%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Illinois United States
Business services 15.0%
Health & care 14.1%
Retail & wholesale 11.5%
Manufacturing 8.7%
Education 8.2%
Construction 7.3%
Finance 6.2%
Transport & logistics 6.1%
Hospitality 6.0%
Other services 5.3%
ICT & software 5.3%
Public admin 4.1%
Utilities 1.3%
Agriculture 0.7%
Mining 0.2%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Business services 407K Health & care 398K Retail & wholesale 261K Education 253K Finance 213K ICT & software 153K Manufacturing 137K Public admin 128K

Ranking in United States

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 51 regions.

5New York 36% 6Florida 36% 7California 36% 8Illinois 36% 9Pennsylvania 36% 10Hawaii 36% 11Arizona 36%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits United States'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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