Hairdresser or cosmetologist
Provides beauty services like cutting, coloring, and styling hair and treating the scalp, and may also do makeup, wigs, hair removal, nails, and skincare.
Will AI replace hairdresser or cosmetologist jobs?
AI changes jobs more often than it replaces them. How much AI can help with this work: Low. More AI overlap than 19 in 100 jobs. AI touches a small part of this work. Most of the job happens with your hands, your body or in person. 3% 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
- Book client appointments
- Keep customer records, such as the beauty services given
What stays human
- Keep work stations clean and sanitize tools like scissors and combs
- Bleach, dye, or tint hair using a brush or applicator
- Cut, trim, and shape hair to suit the customer's wishes and face
10-year outlook · USA
Expected change in the number of these jobs by 2035: +7.7%. Typical pay: $35,790 a year. US Bureau of Labor Statistics. German figures differ, but the direction is usually similar.
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