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AI Work Index

Headline risk

8%

Low Risk

Shoe and leather workers and repairers

United States AI Work IndexISCO 7531crosswalk_exact

United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.

9.5 current · 9.1 projectedConfidence high

Why This Score

Tasks 100%

Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities

Wage $36K

Median annual wage

Demand -4%

Projected employment change over 10 years

Preparation Zone 2

Typical preparation needed for this occupation

Occupation profile

Construct, decorate, or repair leather and leather-like products, such as luggage, shoes, and saddles. May use hand tools.

Task evidence

100% 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 35,950

Employment 2024

9.5K

Projected Change (2024–34)

-3.8%

Openings (2024–34)

0.9K

Wage distribution

Bottom 10%: USD 25,17025th pctl: USD 29,400Median: USD 35,95075th pctl: USD 41,400Top 10%: USD 48,090

Demand outlook

Projections published, but no prose outlook available.

Education: High school diploma or equivalent Experience: —

Role Profile

Detail orientedFine motorProblem solving and decision making

Tasks

  • 1. Construct, decorate, or repair leather products according to specifications, using sewing machines, needles and thread, leather lacing, glue, clamps, hand tools, or rivets. AI use: 0%
  • 2. Inspect articles for defects, and remove damaged or worn parts, using hand tools. AI use: 0%
  • 3. Dye, soak, polish, paint, stamp, stitch, stain, buff, or engrave leather or other materials to obtain desired effects, decorations, or shapes. AI use: 0%
  • 4. Align and stitch or glue materials such as fabric, fleece, leather, or wood, to join parts. AI use: 0%
  • 5. Repair and recondition leather products such as trunks, luggage, shoes, saddles, belts, purses, and baseball gloves. AI use: 0%
  • 6. Cut out parts, following patterns or outlines, using knives, shears, scissors, or machine presses. AI use: 0%

Technologies

Microsoft ExcelBookkeeping softwareFinancial accounting softwareInventory tracking softwareSale processing software

Requirements

Work context

Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls 5.0/5
Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams 4.7/5
Exposed to Contaminants 4.5/5
Exposed to Hazardous Equipment 4.4/5
Freedom to Make Decisions 4.3/5
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled 4.3/5

Worker profile

Median age 43.5 · 717K employed

Under 25: 9% · 25–54: 62% · 55+: 28%

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