AI Job Risk in India
India's labor market carries a uniquely exposed layer: a massive IT-services, call-center, and business-process-outsourcing industry built on exactly the kind of standardized coding, document processing, and customer-support work that large language models now perform directly. That exposure sits alongside a vast informal economy, agriculture, and domestic services sector that operates almost entirely outside the reach of AI tools, making India's labor market one of the most internally divided in the world.
Average AI Risk
45.68 / 100
Jobs Analyzed
204
How to read this page in practice
The notes below explain how to interpret the country score, what kinds of sector mix usually raise or lower it, and what this comparison can and cannot tell you.
How to Read This Country
India is best read by separating its globally connected IT-services and BPO export sector, where AI substitution is direct and already underway, from the much larger domestic economy of informal work, agriculture, retail, and local services that AI barely touches. Junior software testing, routine coding, tier-one call-center support, and back-office outsourcing work done for Western clients face immediate competitive pressure from generative AI tools that can now perform many of the same tasks. That pressure has little bearing on the hundreds of millions of workers in agriculture, construction, small retail, and informal services who make up most of India's actual employment.
What Drives the Score
India's economy combines a large, export-oriented IT-services and business-process-outsourcing sector concentrated in cities like Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Pune, alongside agriculture and a vast informal economy that still employs the majority of the workforce. AI pressure concentrates heavily on entry-level and mid-tier IT work: routine software testing, basic coding, tier-one technical support, and back-office BPO processing for international clients are the most directly exposed roles anywhere in India's economy. That pressure barely reaches agriculture, construction, domestic retail, and informal services, which remain labor-intensive, cash-based, and largely untouched by enterprise AI adoption.
What Holds Up Better
What remains durable in India spans two very different registers. In the formal IT sector, senior engineers, architects, and client-relationship managers who translate ambiguous business needs into technical solutions retain value that junior, task-execution roles do not. Across the much larger informal economy, agricultural labor, construction, small-scale retail, and household and personal services remain resilient simply because they are physical, cash-based, and outside the reach of software tools entirely, regardless of how advanced AI becomes.
What This Page Does Not Claim
A single country score for India is unusually misleading because it averages a small, globally exposed IT-and-BPO sector against an enormous informal economy that operates by entirely different rules. The same number cannot describe both a Bengaluru software campus and a rural agricultural household. Read the score together with the sharp divide between formal, export-facing digital work and the vast informal and agricultural labor force that makes up most of India's actual employment.
Jobs Most At Risk from AI
This table is a current snapshot of the jobs that appear on the higher-risk side within this country profile. It is useful as a directional comparison, not as a permanent national ranking.
| Rank | Job | Risk Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Software Tester | 85 |
| 2 | Data Entry Clerk | 82 |
| 3 | Retail Cashier | 79 |
| 4 | Data Analyst | 79 |
| 5 | Bookkeeper | 78 |
| 6 | Truck Driver | 77 |
| 7 | QA Engineer | 77 |
| 8 | Accounting Clerk | 77 |
| 9 | Receptionist | 76 |
| 10 | Mobile App Developer | 73 |
| 11 | Software Engineer | 73 |
| 12 | Insurance Underwriter | 73 |
| 13 | Civil Drafter | 73 |
| 14 | Taxi Driver | 72 |
| 15 | System Administrator | 71 |
| 16 | Travel Agent | 71 |
| 17 | Programmer | 69 |
| 18 | Bank Teller | 69 |
| 19 | Tax Preparer | 69 |
| 20 | IT Support Specialist | 67 |
Jobs Safest from AI
This table shows the jobs that currently appear on the lower-risk side within this country profile. Read it as a structural comparison of work, not as a guarantee that these roles will stay unchanged.
| Rank | Job | Risk Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surgeon | 10 |
| 2 | Electrician | 11 |
| 3 | Plumber | 11 |
| 4 | Therapist | 11 |
| 5 | Psychologist | 12 |
| 6 | Paramedic | 14 |
| 7 | Nurse | 15 |
| 8 | Dentist | 15 |
| 9 | School Counselor | 16 |
| 10 | Athletic Coach | 16 |
| 11 | Psychiatrist | 16 |
| 12 | Machine Learning Engineer | 17 |
| 13 | Veterinarian | 17 |
| 14 | Professor | 18 |
| 15 | Air Traffic Controller | 19 |
| 16 | Doctor | 19 |
| 17 | Fitness Trainer | 20 |
| 18 | Social Worker | 20 |
| 19 | Elevator Technician | 21 |
| 20 | Aircraft Mechanic | 22 |
Industry Risk
This table compares the industries that shape the country score today. It is most useful for seeing which parts of the economy pull the average up or down.
| Industry | Industry Average Risk Score |
|---|---|
| Retail | 62.5 |
| Finance | 59.87 |
| Technology | 54.78 |
| Transportation | 45.1 |
| Agriculture | 42.25 |
| Manufacturing | 41.63 |
| Hospitality | 36 |
| Construction | 34.25 |
| Education | 31.92 |
| Healthcare | 26.13 |
Frequently asked questions
Q.Which jobs are most at risk from AI in India?
In India, the jobs with the highest AI risk scores include Software Tester. The full ranking of the most and least exposed jobs in India is shown above.
Q.Which jobs are safest from AI in India?
The India roles least exposed to AI automation include Surgeon, which tend to rely on physical work, in-person interaction, or accountable judgment.
Q.How exposed is India to AI automation?
A country's exposure mostly reflects what its workforce actually does. India combines highly exposed office and back-office work with more durable physical, field, or care work, so a single national score is a broad signal rather than a full picture.
Q.Does a high AI risk score mean jobs will disappear in India?
No. The score measures how exposed typical tasks are to automation, not a forecast of job losses. Real-world adoption also depends on cost, regulation, and local labor conditions.