Overview
1. Automation Risk
2. User Poll
3. Growth
4. Wages
5. Volume
Decription
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Barbers

AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
62%
risk level
POLLING
32%
Based on 398 votes
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
8.3%
by year 2032
WAGES
$36,150
or $17.38 per hour
Volume
15,990
as of 2023
SUMMARY
JOB SCORE
4.5/10

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Automation risk

62% (High Risk)

High Risk (61-80%): Jobs in this category face a significant threat from automation, as many of their tasks can be easily automated using current or near-future technologies.

More information on what this score is, and how it is calculated is available here.

Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Assisting and Caring for Others

  • Finger Dexterity

  • Manual Dexterity

  • Social Perceptiveness

User poll

32% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted there's a low chance this occupation will be automated. However, the automation risk level we have generated suggests a much higher chance of automation: 62% chance of automation.

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What is the likelihood that Barbers will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?






Sentiment

The following graph(s) are included wherever there is a substantial amount of votes to render meaningful data. These visual representations display user poll results over time, providing a significant indication of sentiment trends.

Sentiment over time (yearly)

Growth

Fast growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Barbers' job openings is expected to rise 8.3% by 2032

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2021 and 2031
Updated projections are due 09-2023.

Wages

Very low paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Barbers' was $36,150, or $17 per hour

'Barbers' were paid 24.8% lower than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Lower range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 15,990 people employed as 'Barbers' within the United States.

This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 9 thousand people are employed as 'Barbers'.

Job description

Provide barbering services, such as cutting, trimming, shampooing, and styling hair; trimming beards; or giving shaves.

SOC Code: 39-5011.00

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@mcfc_seb (Highly likely) 8 months ago
You have priters 3d with such a details. Im not saying its gonna be barber “come&go”. It will be something like head scan first, then programmed hair style, so you put kind of helmet and wait. They will have all your data for the next time.
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WS 8 months ago
The day when robots become dexterous enough to get into barbering is the day when humans will be rendered completely useless.
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Tarcísio (Low) 1 year ago
It's very difficult because if you use a machine, the client might move, but it's not impossible.
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NMS (No chance) 1 year ago
It'll be a long time before anyone trusts a robot with a razor blade near their neck. Robots still lack dexterity, and people seem to underestimate how insanely good humans are at hand-eye coordination. Also, people like their barber's being human. It's a very personal job and hairstyles are an expression of individuality for some.
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Johnny (Highly likely) 1 year ago
Robots can make this process much more accurate and efficient
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Zielony Kapelusznik (Low) 2 years ago
I think that no robotic "hands" will be able to replace human hands in styling hair or cutting hair. After all, it wouldn't be very safe, due to the risk of injuring the person being cut, because even with perfect accuracy, the software may just not be able to adjust the way of cutting to each client's head.
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Aakash (Low) 2 years ago
I don't think so. The precision of hand control needed to do that is comparable to that of a surgeon.
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Jake 3 years ago
I’ll be surprised if it can even do a skin fade
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oooooo (Low) 3 years ago
Mostly unlikely. Robots do not have the Dexterity for such tasks yet and still far from that stage
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Bernard Everstein (No chance) 3 years ago
not cost effective, high risk factor, artistic decisions, not a chance this job is leaving human hands
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Robotslayer 3 years ago
That's nonsense. Robots cannot have the same attention to detail and dexterity humans have. Maybe in 100 years.
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Mart (No chance) 4 years ago
Robots will highly likely never have the same attention to detail, technique, resourcefulness or dexterity to do a skin fade!
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ben Franklin (Low) 4 years ago
we will probably not be that advanced yet in society
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Chazzadog420 5 years ago
This is reassuring thanks
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