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O*NET-SOC 51-6021.00 / model V14 rated-task + local-market engine

Will AI replace
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials?

Press or shape articles by hand or machine.

Estimated AI task exposure
16%

Low exposure

V11 weights occupation tasks using O*NET Importance, Relevance and Frequency ratings instead of treating every task equally.

28 tasks have usable Task Rating records; weighted-task coverage is 100%.

Digital/info work

18/100

Physical moat

40/100

Human moat

13/100

Rating coverage

100%

28 task statements / 28 rated

Highest-weighted occupation tasks

Operate steam, hydraulic, or other pressing machines to remove wrinkles from garments and flatwork items, or to shape, form, or patch articles.
Importance 89/100Relevance 97/100Frequency 88/100Weight 0.92
Remove finished pieces from pressing machines and hang or stack them for cooling, or forward them for additional processing.
Importance 88/100Relevance 98/100Frequency 85/100Weight 0.91
Straighten, smooth, or shape materials to prepare them for pressing.
Importance 88/100Relevance 94/100Frequency 84/100Weight 0.89
Push and pull irons over surfaces of articles to smooth or shape them.
Importance 84/100Relevance 92/100Frequency 85/100Weight 0.88
Lower irons, rams, or pressing heads of machines into position over material to be pressed.
Importance 87/100Relevance 91/100Frequency 83/100Weight 0.87
Hang, fold, package, and tag finished articles for delivery to customers.
Importance 90/100Relevance 84/100Frequency 86/100Weight 0.86
Select appropriate pressing machines, based on garment properties such as heat tolerance.
Importance 83/100Relevance 89/100Frequency 82/100Weight 0.85
Finish pleated garments, determining sizes of pleats from evidence of old pleats or from work orders, using machine presses or hand irons.
Importance 87/100Relevance 86/100Frequency 77/100Weight 0.84
Finish pants, jackets, shirts, skirts and other dry-cleaned and laundered articles, using hand irons.
Importance 83/100Relevance 83/100Frequency 85/100Weight 0.84
Slide material back and forth over heated, metal, ball-shaped forms to smooth and press portions of garments that cannot be satisfactorily pressed with flat pressers or hand irons.
Importance 83/100Relevance 85/100Frequency 82/100Weight 0.83

Task weighting

Each rated task receives a composite weight: 38% relevance, 37% importance and 25% frequency. Core tasks receive a small additional multiplier. Low-precision rows flagged by O*NET for suppression are excluded.

Occupation scoring

When rating coverage is strong, rated tasks contribute 60% of the digital, physical and human task signals and Work Activities contribute 40%. Lower-coverage occupations automatically rely more on Work Activities.

U.S. labor market

BLS Wage & Employment Outlook

Median annual wage

$35,060

BLS OEWS May 2025

National employment

26,120

BLS OEWS May 2025

Projected growth

-15.7%

BLS Employment Projections 2025–2035

Average annual openings

2

BLS Employment Projections 2025–2035

BLS labor-market figures are separate from the site's AI-exposure model. Missing values mean a compatible detailed BLS occupation estimate was not published or could not be mapped.

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Career pivot radar

Safer Career Alternatives

These options are selected from the same 923-occupation model. They favor a similar task/work profile with meaningfully lower estimated AI exposure. They are suggestions for exploration, not guarantees of job fit.

SAFER ALTERNATIVE

Roofers

5%

11 points lower exposure • 91% profile similarity

Median wage: $55,440 Growth 2025–2035: +5.3% Annual openings: 12

more physical-world work
SAFER ALTERNATIVE

Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles

6%

10 points lower exposure • 94% profile similarity

Median wage: $56,460 Growth 2025–2035: +9.0% Annual openings: 2

more physical-world work
SAFER ALTERNATIVE

Pourers and Casters, Metal

5%

11 points lower exposure • 92% profile similarity

Median wage: $51,810 Growth 2025–2035: -5.0% Annual openings: 0

more physical-world work
SAFER ALTERNATIVE

Tile and Stone Setters

6%

10 points lower exposure • 94% profile similarity

Median wage: $55,690 Growth 2025–2035: +9.8% Annual openings: 3

more physical-world work
SAFER ALTERNATIVE

Forest and Conservation Workers

5%

11 points lower exposure • 92% profile similarity

Median wage: $43,680 Growth 2025–2035: -1.5% Annual openings: 2

more physical-world work
SAFER ALTERNATIVE

Medical Appliance Technicians

5%

11 points lower exposure • 91% profile similarity

Median wage: $48,030 Growth 2025–2035: +3.5% Annual openings: 1

more physical-world work

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    • domain expertise
    • exception handling
    • accountability for outcomes

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    • cross-functional business knowledge
    • risk and governance
    • basic AI literacy

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    What this score does not mean

    The percentage is a comparative task-exposure index. It is not the probability that this occupation disappears, that a worker is laid off, or that AI can perform the entire job.

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