AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Sector

Real estate, professional & administrative services

36%
of this sector’s 177.5M jobs worldwide are exposed to generative AI, about 63M people.
MODELAll sectors: 21%

Key numbers

Jobs worldwideILO
177.5M
5.0% of all jobs
Exposed workersMODEL
63M
8.3% of all exposed
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
7.3%
12.9M people
Women’s shareILO
40%
of the sector’s jobs

By income level

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In most sectors exposure rises with income, because more of the sector’s jobs are clerical, technical or professional.

High income 43%
Upper-middle income 31%
Lower-middle income 27%
Low income 25%

Most exposed

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Share of the sector’s jobs exposed.

1Japan 55% 2Taiwan 51% 3Puerto Rico 51% 4Macao 49% 5Germany 47% 6Djibouti 47% 7Switzerland 47% 8Greece 46% 9Montenegro 46% 10Slovakia 46%

Most exposed workers

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1United States 8.9M 2China 6.7M 3Brazil 3.6M 4Japan 3.2M 5India 3.2M 6Russian Federation 2.5M 7Germany 2.2M 8United Kingdom 2M 9Mexico 1.9M 10France 1.6M

Biggest employer (share of jobs)

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1Sweden 17.3% 2Singapore 16.2% 3Netherlands 14.9% 4Luxembourg 14.7% 5Switzerland 14.6% 6United Kingdom 14.6% 7United Arab Emirates 14.5% 8New Caledonia 14.4% 9Macao 13.5% 10Finland 13.4%

Other sectors

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Finance 56% ICT & software 44% Education 44% Public admin 43% Health & care 41% Retail & wholesale 29% Utilities 26% Hospitality 23% Other services 22% Transport & logistics 19% Manufacturing 15% Mining 13% Construction 10% Agriculture 7%

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