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Craft Artists
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 2% more of these jobs by 2035, slower than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #354 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +2% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $46,080 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 11,500 in the US, with about 1,000 openings a year
The work, 10 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: Create decorative objects or parts of objects23%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 559 conversations, and it got them there 51% of the time.
AI does this: Promote products, services, or programs15%
AI performed this in about 1 in 117 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
Still yours: Assemble products or work aids12%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Create artistic designs or performances9%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 86 conversations, and it got them there 43% of the time.
AI helps with this: Apply decorative finishes9%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,208 conversations, and it got them there 62% of the time.
AI helps with this: Select materials or equipment for operations or projects9%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 222 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
AI helps with this: Confer with clients to determine needs or order specifications7%
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: Create visual designs or displays6%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 78 conversations, and it got them there 40% of the time.
Still yours: Develop business or marketing plans6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Monitor external affairs, trends, or events5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 394 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 102 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 1,000 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 35% of the workFloral Designers7% AI does, against 19% here-5.6% by 2035 · $37,360 · High school diploma
- Shares 23% of the workShoe and Leather Workers and Repairers0% AI does, against 19% here-6.5% by 2035 · $37,800 · High school diploma
- Shares 21% of the workPhotographers6% AI does, against 19% here-0.7% by 2035 · $44,660 · High school diploma
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 0.20, higher than 68% 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, 27-1012 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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