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Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 17.5% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- #602 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -17.5% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $42,290 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 32,300 in the US, with about 2,300 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 equipment17%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Cut materials11%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Sew garments or materials7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Load products, materials, or equipment for transportation or further processing7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Position workpieces or materials on equipment7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Read documents or materials to inform work processes5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 214 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
Still yours: Inspect completed work or finished products5%
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 tools or equipment5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Repair tools or equipment5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain operational records4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor equipment operation4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Package objects4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 510 conversations, and it got them there 94% of the time.
Still yours: Train others to use equipment or products3%
AI does this in desk jobs, but in this one it is mostly hands-on.
AI helps with this: Confer with clients to determine needs or order specifications2%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 502 conversations, and it got them there 54% of the time.
Still yours: Drill holes in earth or materials2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Engrave objects1%
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 83 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 2,300 openings a year as people 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 45% of the workCoating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders0% AI does, against 5% here+2.5% by 2035 · $48,250 · High school diploma
- Shares 39% of the workPackaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders0% AI does, against 5% here+4.1% by 2035 · $43,220 · High school diploma
- Shares 48% of the workHelpers--Production Workers0% AI does, against 5% here-8.2% by 2035 · $39,070 · 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 0.04, higher than 9% 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, 51-5113 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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