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Museum Technicians and Conservators
Also filed here: Conservator, Museum
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 3.6% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #376 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +3.6% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $51,440 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 14,000 in the US, with about 1,600 openings a year
The work, 13 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: Arrange displays or decorations28%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,323 conversations, and it got them there 65% of the time.
Still yours: Build structures12%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Inspect characteristics or conditions of materials or products12%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,462 conversations, and it got them there 90% of the time.
Still yours: Maintain operational records9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Supervise personnel activities8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Process digital or online data5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 136 Copilot conversations and completed it 81% of the time.
AI does this: Advise others on educational or vocational matters5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 293 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
Still yours: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Perform administrative or clerical activities4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 401 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
AI does this: Communicate with others about operational plans or activities4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 354 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
AI helps with this: Develop operational or technical procedures or standards4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 787 conversations, and it got them there 91% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
AI helps with this: Plan events or programs3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,901 conversations, and it got them there 92% of the time.
AI helps with this: Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 25 conversations, and it got them there 90% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 104 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 1,600 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
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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 0.19, higher than 67% 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, 25-4013 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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