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Food Batchmakers
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 6.5% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- Joint #522 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +6.5% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $42,290 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 176,800 in the US, with about 23,100 openings a year
The work, 18 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: Operate industrial processing or production equipment26%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Determine operational methods or procedures9%
AI performed this in about 1 in 461 Copilot conversations and completed it 93% of the time.
Still yours: Inspect completed work or finished products8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor equipment operation8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Evaluate production inputs or outputs6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain operational records5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Notify others of emergencies or problems4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 510 conversations, and it got them there 94% of the time.
Still yours: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,656 conversations, and it got them there 84% of the time.
AI helps with this: Select materials or equipment for operations or projects3%
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.
Still yours: Inspect commercial, industrial, or production systems or equipment3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Load products, materials, or equipment for transportation or further processing3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate pumping systems or equipment3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Move materials, equipment, or supplies3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Shape materials to create products2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Package objects2%
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 107 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 23,100 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 55% of the workExtruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders4% AI does, against 9% here+1.5% by 2035 · $45,760 · High school diploma
- Shares 45% of the workCoating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders0% AI does, against 9% here+2.5% by 2035 · $48,250 · High school diploma
- Shares 40% of the workCleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders0% AI does, against 9% here+3.4% by 2035 · $43,530 · High school diploma
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 0.07, higher than 21% 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, 51-3092 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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