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Skincare Specialists
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 8.8% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #592 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +8.8% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $45,330 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 104,200 in the US, with about 14,200 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
Still yours: Apply hygienic or cosmetic agents to skin or hair35%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Evaluate patient or client condition or treatment options13%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Advise patients or clients on medical issues13%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,905 conversations, and it got them there 97% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Train others to use equipment or products7%
AI does this in desk jobs, but in this one it is mostly hands-on.
Still yours: Train others on health or medical topics7%
AI does this in desk jobs, but in this one it is mostly hands-on.
AI does this: Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise6%
AI performed this in about 1 in 40 Copilot conversations and completed it 91% of the time.
Still yours: Administer therapeutic treatments5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain operational records4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Sell products or services2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Confer with healthcare or other professionals about patient care1%
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 109 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 14,200 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
The jobs closest to this one. None of them is much less exposed.
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- Shares 57% of the workShampooers20% AI does, against 6% here+5.6% by 2035 · $32,600 · No formal credential
- Shares 47% of the workMakeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance28% AI does, against 6% here+6.1% by 2035 · $97,150 · Postsecondary certificate
The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Love front:
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 0.08, higher than 27% 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, 39-5094 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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