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Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials

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 269 openings expected each year.

Step 1

Where your job stands

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the 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

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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 least exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.

Step 2

What AI can and can’t help with in this job

This job is in the 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 4% of the tasks in this job.

Tasks AI can help with or automate

  1. Examine and measure finished articles to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as tape measures and micrometers.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

Tasks AI can't do much of

  1. Hang, fold, package, and tag finished articles for delivery to customers.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  2. Operate steam, hydraulic, or other pressing machines to remove wrinkles from garments and flatwork items, or to shape, form, or patch articles.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  3. Straighten, smooth, or shape materials to prepare them for pressing.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  4. Remove finished pieces from pressing machines and hang or stack them for cooling, or forward them for additional processing.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  5. Finish pleated garments, determining sizes of pleats from evidence of old pleats or from work orders, using machine presses or hand irons.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

Step 3

Jobs you could switch to

If you're thinking about a change, these are jobs your experience already fits—related work you could move into. Pick your area to see local options.

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