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Manicurists and Pedicurists
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 9.2% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #552 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +9.2% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $35,760 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 201,800 in the US, with about 21,900 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
Still yours: Apply hygienic or cosmetic agents to skin or hair56%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain operational records6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Replenish inventories of materials, equipment, or products6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Evaluate patient or client condition or treatment options5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Administer therapeutic treatments5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Advise patients or clients on medical issues5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 746 Copilot conversations and completed it 96% of the time.
Still yours: Schedule appointments5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Sell products or services2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Promote products, services, or programs2%
AI performed this in about 1 in 117 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 109 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 21,900 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
The jobs closest to this one. None of them is much less exposed.
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- Shares 48% of the workHairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists8% AI does, against 7% here+7.7% by 2035 · $35,790 · Postsecondary certificate
The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Love 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 0.04, higher than 7% 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, 39-5092 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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