Slaughterer or meat packer
Does precise work preparing large portions of meat, like slaughtering, cutting standard or premium cuts, making sausage, and wrapping meat.
Will AI replace slaughterer or meat packer jobs?
AI changes jobs more often than it replaces them. How much AI can help with this work: Medium. More AI overlap than 35 in 100 jobs. AI helps with some tasks, like paperwork or first drafts. People still do the core of the job. 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 stays human
- Remove bones and cut meat into standard cuts for sale
- Cut neck veins to drain blood for slaughtering
- Work an assembly line making a few cuts to process carcasses
10-year outlook · USA
Expected change in the number of these jobs by 2035: +2%. Typical pay: $40,130 a year. US Bureau of Labor Statistics. German figures differ, but the direction is usually similar.
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