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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.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
64/100
High

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
50/100
Moderate

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence82/100
Task coverage86%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Provide dressing assistance to cast members or assign cast dressers to assist specific cast members with costume changes.High
75
Arrange costumes in order of use to facilitate quick-change procedures for performances.High
76
Distribute costumes or related equipment and keep records of item status.Medium
76
Create worksheets for dressing lists, show notes, or costume checks.High
76
Check the appearance of costumes on stage or under lights to determine whether desired effects are being achieved.Medium
75
Assign lockers to employees and maintain locker rooms, dressing rooms, wig rooms, or costume storage or laundry areas.Medium
75
Monitor, maintain, or secure inventories of costumes, wigs, or makeup, providing keys or access to assigned directors, costume designers, or wardrobe mistresses/masters.Medium
57
Examine costume fit on cast members and sketch or write notes for alterations.Medium
58
Direct the work of wardrobe crews during dress rehearsals or performances.Medium
77
Design or construct costumes or send them to tailors for construction, major repairs, or alterations.Medium
39
Purchase, rent, or requisition costumes or other wardrobe necessities.Medium
76
Participate in the hiring, training, scheduling, or supervision of alteration workers.Medium
77
Return borrowed or rented items when productions are complete and return other items to storage.Medium
76
Collaborate with production designers, costume designers, or other production staff to discuss and execute costume design details.Medium
43
Clean and press costumes before and after performances and perform any minor repairs.Medium
23
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Direct the work of wardrobe crews during dress rehearsals or performances.77
  2. Participate in the hiring, training, scheduling, or supervision of alteration workers.77
  3. Arrange costumes in order of use to facilitate quick-change procedures for performances.76
  4. Distribute costumes or related equipment and keep records of item status.76
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Clean and press costumes before and after performances and perform any minor repairs.01
  2. Design or construct costumes or send them to tailors for construction, major repairs, or alterations.02
  3. Collaborate with production designers, costume designers, or other production staff to discuss and execute costume design details.03
  4. Monitor, maintain, or secure inventories of costumes, wigs, or makeup, providing keys or access to assigned directors, costume designers, or wardrobe mistresses/masters.04
  5. Examine costume fit on cast members and sketch or write notes for alterations.05
Where else this work leads

Related occupations

Occupations O*NET links to this one. Relatedness reflects shared work, not a claim that these roles are safer.

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency67
Physical dependency58
Adoption pressure31
Labour-market resilience60
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence82/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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