Headline risk
21%
Moderate RiskModels
AI displacement pressure score for United States AI Work Index, combining global AI task overlap with local wages, employment trends, and demand signals.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
Model garments or other apparel and accessories for prospective buyers at fashion shows, private showings, or retail establishments. May pose for photos to be used in magazines or advertisements. May pose as subject for paintings, sculptures, and other types of artistic expression.
Task evidence
64% weighted task match · 0% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 89,990
Employment 2024
6.7K
Projected Change (2024–34)
-0.5%
Openings (2024–34)
1.2K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Employment of models is projected to grow 1 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Pose for artists and photographers.
- 2. Record rates of pay and durations of jobs on vouchers. AI use: 0%
- 3. Report job completions to agencies and obtain information about future appointments. AI use: 0%
- 4. Gather information from agents concerning the pay, dates, times, provisions, and lengths of jobs. AI use: 0%
- 5. Pose as directed, or strike suitable interpretive poses for promoting and selling merchandise or fashions during appearances, filming, or photo sessions. AI use: 0%
- 6. Work closely with photographers, fashion coordinators, directors, producers, stylists, make-up artists, other models, and clients to produce the desired looks, and to finish photo shoots on schedule. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Related
No direct US role match is available yet for this occupation.
Source coverage
10/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Data quality
Employment data available
Narrative & sources
Models pose for artists, photographers, and other clients to help advertise products.
Models work in a variety of conditions, from comfortable indoor studios and runway fashion shows to outdoors in all weather conditions. Most models work part time and have unpredictable work schedules. Many also experience periods of unemployment.
No formal educational credential is required and training is limited. Specific requirements depend on the client. However, most models must be within certain ranges for height, weight, and clothing size to meet the needs of fashion designers , photographers , and advertisers .
The median hourly wage for models was $43.26 in May 2024.
Employment of models is projected to grow 1 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Important context
This score measures structural AI displacement pressure, not actual job losses. Local wages and demand data are specific to United States AI Work Index; the underlying AI task overlap analysis is consistent across all countries.