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Costume Attendants
Select, fit, and take care of costumes for cast members, and aid entertainers. May assist with multiple costume changes during performances.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Create worksheets for dressing lists, show notes, or costume checks.AI could speed this up a lot
- 02Provide dressing assistance to cast members or assign cast dressers to assist specific cast members with costume changes.Mostly human for now
- 03Arrange costumes in order of use to facilitate quick-change procedures for performances.Mostly human for now
- 04Design or construct costumes or send them to tailors for construction, major repairs, or alterations.Mostly human for now
- 05Examine costume fit on cast members and sketch or write notes for alterations.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Distribute costumes or related equipment and keep records of item status.AI could speed this up a lot
- 07Check the appearance of costumes on stage or under lights to determine whether desired effects are being achieved.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Clean and press costumes before and after performances and perform any minor repairs.Mostly human for now
- 09Collaborate with production designers, costume designers, or other production staff to discuss and execute costume design details.Mostly human for now
- 10Monitor, maintain, or secure inventories of costumes, wigs, or makeup, providing keys or access to assigned directors, costume designers, or wardrobe mistresses/masters.Mostly human for now
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
26%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 31% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 65% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Provide dressing assistance to cast members or assign cast dressers to assist specific cast members with costume changes.
- Arrange costumes in order of use to facilitate quick-change procedures for performances.
- Design or construct costumes or send them to tailors for construction, major repairs, or alterations.