Fashion Designers

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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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Risk & user votes

Calculated automation risk

25% (Low Risk)

Low Risk (21-40%): This occupation has a lower risk of full replacement by AI, software, or robotic systems. Some tasks may be automated or assisted, but the role usually still relies on human judgement, communication, responsibility, physical adaptability, or practical decision-making.

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Human strengths important in this job

These are human abilities and work contexts that are important in this occupation. They may help explain why parts of the role are harder to replace end-to-end, but they are not the only inputs into the automation score.

Thinking creatively

Very important
Why this matters
Coming up with original ideas and designs—creating new concepts, products, systems, or artistic work. This kind of open-ended invention and taste-based judgment is harder to automate end-to-end than routine, rule-based tasks.
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Social perceptiveness

Quite important
Why this matters
Noticing others’ emotions and reactions in the moment and adjusting what you say or do based on why they’re responding that way.
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Persuasion

Quite important
Why this matters
Influencing people to change their minds or behavior through conversation, trust, and negotiation.
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Decision-making and problem solving

Quite important
Why this matters
Analyze information, weigh tradeoffs, and choose the best solution—especially when situations are ambiguous, high-stakes, or have real-world consequences.
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Coaching and developing others

Quite important
Why this matters
Helps people learn and improve through coaching, mentoring, and feedback. This relies on trust, motivation, and adapting guidance to each person—work that’s hard to replace end-to-end with automation.
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Coordinating others’ work

Quite important
Why this matters
Bringing people together, assigning tasks, and keeping a group aligned so work gets done.
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Communicating with people outside the organization

Quite important
Why this matters
Represents the organization to customers, the public, or government—handling questions, concerns, and relationship-building through conversations, writing, calls, or email.
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Developing objectives and strategies

Quite important
Why this matters
Sets long-term goals and chooses strategies and actions to reach them, weighing tradeoffs and adapting plans as conditions change.
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Active learning

Quite important
Why this matters
Keeps learning from new information and applying it to make better decisions now and in the future, especially when situations change.
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Operations analysis

Quite important
Why this matters
Figure out what people need and what a product must do, then translate those requirements into a workable design.
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What users think

Based on 374 votes

32% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted there's a low chance this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 25% chance of automation.

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

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Pay & outlook

Wages

High paid relative to other professions

In 2024, the median annual wage for Fashion Designers was $80,690 ($39 per hour).

The median annual wage for Fashion Designers was 63.0% higher than the national median annual wage, which stood at $49,500.

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Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Growth

Moderate growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Fashion Designers' job openings is expected to rise 2.0% by 2034

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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.

Volume

Lower range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2024 there were 20,910 people employed as 'Fashion Designers' within the United States.

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

Put another way, around 1 in 7 thousand people are employed as 'Fashion Designers'.

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What people are saying (8)

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Loretta (No chance)
07 Feb 2020 23:00
Fashion is constantly changing what is popular one day could be unpopular the next. Style is constantly evolving and what makes people feel their most confident cannot be calculated by a computer
franklin
22 Jan 2020 07:18
I could see AI generating designs in the future, but I don't think it'll replace humans. they'll probably help designers instead of replacing them.
mangoloco
09 Apr 2025 07:49
Fashion is a cycle that only humans can keep up with. Fashion is art, it involves materials, dimensions and is ALWAYS impacted by our environment..
Plus, due to new sciences and climate change, we will always invente new things and fashion design will never be the same. Can't be replaced
Matthew Lynch (Low)
13 May 2025 11:43
Fashion designer is a very physical art form and requires a lot of creativity
Németh Mária
16 Mar 2021 12:22
There may be a small chance in terms of personalized design and execution, and even in determining the dimensions.
FashionDesignerfromTurkey
17 Jan 2023 22:10
I believe AI will use customer data to design better-selling designs.
S (Highly likely)
02 Mar 2023 09:34
Of course it's highly likely. That's just obvious. I can't wait until as a talented designer, I can simply put my designs into a machine at home and out come my finished products ready to sell. All my life I've wanted to become a fashion designer. I can draw and design clothes really well but I do not enjoy sewing at all. I'm great at it, I just hate doing it. It's far too much work for far too little money sewing each garment myself. Everyone has to start somewhere but I've done all my work learning to design and sew and I only want to design. I think it's so painfully old fashioned to still be stuck on sewing machines.
최지윤 (Moderate)
18 Sep 2023 04:18
Because artificial intelligence is smarter.
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Job description

Design clothing and accessories. Create original designs or adapt fashion trends.

O*NET-SOC code: 27-1022.00