Job Check
Sewers, Hand
Sew, join, reinforce, or finish, usually with needle and thread, a variety of manufactured items. Includes weavers and stitchers.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Select thread, twine, cord, or yarn to be used, and thread needles.Mostly human for now
- 02Measure and align parts, fasteners, or trimmings, following seams, edges, or markings on parts.Mostly human for now
- 03Trim excess threads or edges of parts, using scissors or knives.Mostly human for now
- 04Sew, join, reinforce, or finish parts of articles, such as garments, books, mattresses, toys, and wigs, using needles and thread or other materials.Mostly human for now
- 05Use different sewing techniques such as felling, tacking, basting, embroidery, and fagoting.Mostly human for now
- 06Fit garments on clients, altering as needed.No rating yet
- 07Smooth seams with heated irons, flat bones, or rubbing sticks.Mostly human for now
- 08Draw and cut patterns according to specifications.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Fold, twist, stretch, or drape material, and secure articles in preparation for sewing.Mostly human for now
- 10Sew buttonholes, or add lace or other trimming.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
4%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 20% 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 85% 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.
- Select thread, twine, cord, or yarn to be used, and thread needles.
- Measure and align parts, fasteners, or trimmings, following seams, edges, or markings on parts.
- Trim excess threads or edges of parts, using scissors or knives.