Overview
1. Automation Risk
2. User Poll
3. Growth
4. Wages
5. Volume
Decription
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Sewing Machine Operators

AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
100%
risk level
POLLING
69%
Based on 31 votes
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
-8.3%
by 2031
WAGES
$31,740
or $15.26 hourly
VOLUME
116,750
as of 2022
SUMMARY
JOB SCORE
1.3/10
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Automation risk

100% (Imminent Risk)

Imminent Risk (81-100%): Occupations in this level have an extremely high likelihood of being automated in the near future. These jobs consist primarily of repetitive, predictable tasks with little need for human judgment.

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:

  • Manual Dexterity

  • Finger Dexterity

User poll

69% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted that it's quite likely this occupation will be replaced. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 100% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that this occupation will be replaced by robots or AI in the next 20 years?






Growth

Very slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Sewing Machine Operators' job openings is expected to decline by 8.3% by 2031

Total employment, and estimated job openings

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

Wages

Very low paid relative to other professions

In 2022, the median annual wage for 'Sewing Machine Operators' was $31,740, or $15.26 per hour

'Sewing Machine Operators' were paid 31.5% lower than the national median wage, which stood at $46,310

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2022 there were 116,750 people employed as Sewing Machine Operators within the United States.

This represents around 0.08% of the employed workforce across the country.

Put another way, around 1 in 1 thousand people are employed as Sewing Machine Operators.

Job description

Operate or tend sewing machines to join, reinforce, decorate, or perform related sewing operations in the manufacture of garment or nongarment products.

SOC Code: 51-6031.00

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