AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Sector

Health & social work

41%
of this sector’s 147.9M jobs worldwide are exposed to generative AI, about 60.3M people.
MODELAll sectors: 21%

Key numbers

Jobs worldwideILO
147.9M
4.1% of all jobs
Exposed workersMODEL
60.3M
8.0% of all exposed
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.8%
8.6M people
Women’s shareILO
72%
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 44%
Upper-middle income 38%
Lower-middle income 35%
Low income 34%

Most exposed

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Share of the sector’s jobs exposed.

1Luxembourg 47% 2Republic of Korea 46% 3Macao 46% 4Puerto Rico 46% 5Switzerland 46% 6Germany 45% 7Taiwan 45% 8Belgium 45% 9Japan 45% 10Netherlands 45%

Most exposed workers

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1United States 10.7M 2China 6.2M 3Japan 5M 4India 3M 5Brazil 2.8M 6Germany 2.8M 7Russian Federation 2.4M 8United Kingdom 2.1M 9France 1.8M 10Republic of Korea 1.4M

Biggest employer (share of jobs)

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1Norway 20.7% 2Denmark 18.8% 3Netherlands 17.7% 4Finland 17.1% 5Japan 16.7% 6Australia 15.8% 7Switzerland 15.3% 8Belgium 15.0% 9United Kingdom 14.8% 10United States 14.7%

Other sectors

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Finance 56% ICT & software 44% Education 44% Public admin 43% Business services 36% 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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