Dishwashers

High Risk
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Vote Comments (5)
AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
90%
(Imminent Risk)
POLLING
70%
(High Risk, Based on 114 votes)
Average: 80%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
1.4%
by year 2033
WAGES
$31,200
or $15.00 per hour
Volume
463,940
as of 2023
SUMMARY
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JOB SCORE
2.2/10
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Job Score (higher is better):

We rate jobs using four factors. These are:

- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

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Calculated automation risk

90% (Imminent Risk)

Imminent Risk (81-100%): Occupations in this level have an extremely high likelihood of being automated in the near future. These jobs consist primarily of repetitive, predictable tasks with little need for human judgment.

More information on what this score is, and how it is calculated is available here.

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

  • Manual Dexterity

  • Assisting and Caring for Others

  • Finger Dexterity

User poll

70% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted that it's probable this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 90% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

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

Sentiment

The following graph is shown where there are enough votes to produce meaningful data. It displays user poll results over time, providing a clear indication of sentiment trends.

Sentiment over time (yearly)

Growth

Slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Dishwashers' job openings is expected to rise 1.4% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Wages

Very low paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Dishwashers' was $31,200, or $15 per hour

'Dishwashers' were paid 35.1% lower than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Significantly greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 463,940 people employed as 'Dishwashers' within the United States.

This represents around 0.31% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 327 people are employed as 'Dishwashers'.

Job description

Clean dishes, kitchen, food preparation equipment, or utensils.

SOC Code: 35-9021.00

Comments (5)

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A (No chance)
03 Jan 2026 00:31
Needs to react to changing situations during restaurant service and adjust priorities constantly, needs good dexterity and to be resistant to water damage or damage from chemicals, food waste, etc. would be very expensive to replace human labor and likely not as efficient in actual business usage
Dish Wash, Er. (No chance)
09 May 2023 03:53
Maintaining a robot able to wash dishes will cost more money than it would to hire a dishwasher. Also, most restaurants don't actually care about having clean dishes. A robot would be unable to decide what dishes to wash and what not to wash. A robot would wash everything and be very expensive.
Ethan (Highly likely)
14 Feb 2023 05:05
There are automatic dishwashing machines
Prince (Highly likely)
13 Oct 2019 01:40
This occupation is not hard, as we can see robot are now manufacturing vehicles and working as assistant in hospitals and hotels. Dish-washing is on the high demand for robot taking over.
steven burthstone (Highly likely)
13 Sep 2019 01:14
This job is close to %100 likely of being taken by robots because its such a simple task and women are main dishwashers. also the waige is a bit higher.
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