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Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 15% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- #607 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -15% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $62,750 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 3,000 in the US, with about 200 openings a year
The work, 11 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
AI helps with this: Design materials or devices25%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 820 conversations, and it got them there 57% of the time.
Still yours: Position materials or components for assembly24%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assemble products or work aids9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Mark materials or objects for identification6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Position workpieces or materials on equipment6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Position tools or equipment6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Program computer systems or production equipment5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 822 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
AI helps with this: Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,656 conversations, and it got them there 84% of the time.
Still yours: Inspect completed work or finished products5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Confer with clients to determine needs or order specifications4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 502 conversations, and it got them there 54% of the time.
Still yours: Cut materials3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 85 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 200 openings a year as people retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
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The wire
On the wire.
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How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.09, higher than 29% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 51-6092 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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