Embalmer
Prepares bodies for burial following legal requirements.
Will AI replace embalmer jobs?
AI changes jobs more often than it replaces them. How much AI can help with this work: Low. More AI overlap than 5 in 100 jobs. AI touches a small part of this work. Most of the job happens with your hands, your body or in person. 0% of this job’s working time is already spent on tasks people bring to AI at work (Anthropic Economic Index). Based on Microsoft research on real AI use at work, matched to the tasks of each job in O*NET.
What AI already helps with
- Keep records, like lists of clothing or valuables delivered with the body
What stays human
- Apply makeup to give the deceased a lifelike look
- Join the lips using needle and thread or wire
- Close cuts using needles and stitches
10-year outlook · USA
Expected change in the number of these jobs by 2035: +0.7%. Typical pay: $58,780 a year. US Bureau of Labor Statistics. German figures differ, but the direction is usually similar.
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