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Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
Also filed here: Tailor, Dressmaker, Darzi
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 8.8% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- #668 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
- $41,640 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 33,200 in the US, with about 3,700 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
Still yours: Sew garments or materials41%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Take physical measurements of patients or clients9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Cut materials9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Position workpieces or materials on equipment7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
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: Operate industrial processing or production equipment5%
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: Mark materials or objects for identification4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Read documents or materials to inform work processes3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 51 conversations, and it got them there 88% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
Still yours: Position tools or equipment3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Determine values or prices of goods or services3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 510 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
AI helps with this: Confer with clients to determine needs or order specifications3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 502 conversations, and it got them there 54% of the time.
AI helps with this: Design materials or devices3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 820 conversations, and it got them there 57% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 91 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 3,700 openings a year as people retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
The jobs closest to this one. None of them is much less exposed.
- Shares 48% of the workSewers, Hand0% AI does, against 3% here-12% by 2035 · $36,480 · No formal credential
- Shares 46% of the workShoe and Leather Workers and Repairers0% AI does, against 3% here-6.5% by 2035 · $37,800 · High school diploma
- Shares 40% of the workSewing Machine Operators0% AI does, against 3% here-15.1% by 2035 · $36,670 · No formal credential
The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Work 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 0.05, higher than 11% 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, 51-6052 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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