Will AI replace Costume Attendants?
AI reaches some of this job’s work, but most of it stays with people.
23/100
Moderate exposure
More exposed to AI than 38% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 0% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 46% of the work
What the job involves
Select, fit, and take care of costumes for cast members, and aid entertainers. May assist with multiple costume changes during performances.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Within reach(9)
- Provide dressing assistance to cast members or assign cast dressers to assist specific cast members with costume changes.
- Create worksheets for dressing lists, show notes, or costume checks.
- Design or construct costumes or send them to tailors for construction, major repairs, or alterations.
- Check the appearance of costumes on stage or under lights to determine whether desired effects are being achieved.
- Collaborate with production designers, costume designers, or other production staff to discuss and execute costume design details.
and 4 more
Out of reach(12)
- Examine costume fit on cast members and sketch or write notes for alterations.
- Clean and press costumes before and after performances and perform any minor repairs.
- Distribute costumes or related equipment and keep records of item status.
- Arrange costumes in order of use to facilitate quick-change procedures for performances.
- Return borrowed or rented items when productions are complete and return other items to storage.
and 7 more
Also called
Costumer · Dresser · Wardrobe Attendant · Wardrobe Supervisor · Wardrobe Mistress · Draper · Wardrobe Assistant · Costume Attendant
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics