Craft Artists

Moderate Risk
52%
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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
54%
(Moderate Risk)
POLLING
51%
(Moderate Risk)
Average: 52%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
2.2%
by year 2033
WAGES
$36,600
or $17.59 per hour
Volume
5,830
as of 2023
SUMMARY
JOB SCORE
2.7/10

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Calculated automation risk

54% (Moderate Risk)

Moderate Risk (41-60%): Occupations with a moderate risk of automation usually involve routine tasks but still require some human judgment and interaction.

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Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Fine Arts

  • Finger Dexterity

  • Originality

  • Manual Dexterity

  • Social Perceptiveness

  • Persuasion

User poll

51% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted they are unsure if this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 54% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Craft Artists will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?






Sentiment

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Sentiment over time (yearly)

Growth

Slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Craft Artists' job openings is expected to rise 2.2% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2021 and 2031
Updated projections are due 09-2024.

Wages

Very low paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Craft Artists' was $36,600, or $17 per hour

'Craft Artists' were paid 23.8% lower than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Significantly lower range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 5,830 people employed as 'Craft Artists' within the United States.

This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 26 thousand people are employed as 'Craft Artists'.

Job description

Create or reproduce handmade objects for sale and exhibition using a variety of techniques, such as welding, weaving, pottery, and needlecraft.

SOC Code: 27-1012.00

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T (No chance) 2 months ago
While robots might be able to build things with precision (more precision than humans ever could), they lack the human soul, mind & creativity that makes pieces of art what they are. I don’t think that robots can replace human artisans, at least not in the next two decades.
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Dyan (Moderate) 4 months ago
I still see hope, because art is for the living, and i, even if alone, will try and prove that...
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Someguy (Highly likely) 5 months ago
Theres so much ai art many of us cant even tell if an art piece is made by real people or not
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Thunder 5 months ago
The Ai getting over art is ridicoulus.They can even show feelings.
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Chase 6 months ago
No way, AI is already too far. It is NOT going to take away my personal hobbies
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mary (Low) 1 year ago
machines dont and will never have the art vision that humans can create
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Kate (No chance) 1 year ago
Crochet is the only manual activity that robots still can't replicate. Not even a simple plaid or a summer shirt has been made by AI to this day.
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Rei (No chance) 2 years ago
Humans like the unknowns, and their value of arts is about that. Because arts is about imagination, which most AI won't have, since they will be based on experience they are programmed with.
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Patriciooo (Highly likely) 2 years ago
The rise of text-to-image based AI like DALL-E makes it worrying how easy it is for a computer to generate good-looking images. Makes me believe artificial intelligence is only a few steps away from becoming truly creative.
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Nina (No chance) 5 years ago
because there is no way to replace human in craft and art
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Matthew Watson (No chance) 5 years ago
I honestly do believe craft artist are safe they have to create new ideas to make different pieces of art. Some parts could be automated but it would only make their jobs easier. Ultimately they are the ones creating art
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