Butchers and Meat Cutters
The short answer
This job is less likely to change much. Most of the work is the kind AI can't help with. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to shrink over the next decade, with about 557 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. Most of what it involves isn't the kind of work AI can take over.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with a small part of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
This job is in the second least exposed fifth of New York jobs for AI exposure. The tasks below show why: most of what it involves is work AI can't simply take over.
AI can help with or automate about 18% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Estimate requirements and order or requisition meat supplies to maintain inventories.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Record quantity of meat received and issued to cooks or keep records of meat sales.
AI could do much of this on its own
Tasks AI can't do much of
Prepare and place meat cuts and products in display counter to appear attractive and catch the shopper's eye.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Wrap, weigh, label, and price cuts of meat.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Cut, trim, bone, tie, and grind meats, such as beef, pork, poultry, and fish, to prepare in cooking form.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Prepare special cuts of meat ordered by customers.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Receive, inspect, and store meat upon delivery to ensure meat quality.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Jobs you could switch to
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What the move takes
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Getting ready typically takes one to two years.
Skills you already have
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New skills to build
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What the move takes
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Skills you already have
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Skills you already have
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Your current skills largely cover this move.