Will AI replace Costume Attendants?

What this score means

Costume Attendants is among the least exposed roles in Personal Services. Most of what the job involves still sits outside what current AI can do, even as the tools around it keep changing. At 22 out of 100 it scores 3 points below the Personal Services average of 25. Across the 3 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 20 to 24, so the score is a weighted consensus rather than any single figure.

The number is a consensus estimate for the typical version of the role, built from published academic and industry research scored occupation by occupation. It is not a prediction about any individual. How scoring works

What this job actually involves

Exposure follows the work itself rather than the job title, so it is worth seeing what the role is made of. These are the tasks O*NET records for Costume Attendants, most central first, showing 12 of 21.

• 01Create worksheets for dressing lists, show notes, or costume checks.
• 02Provide dressing assistance to cast members or assign cast dressers to assist specific cast members with costume changes.
• 03Arrange costumes in order of use to facilitate quick-change procedures for performances.
• 04Design or construct costumes or send them to tailors for construction, major repairs, or alterations.
• 05Examine costume fit on cast members and sketch or write notes for alterations.
• 06Distribute costumes or related equipment and keep records of item status.
• 07Check the appearance of costumes on stage or under lights to determine whether desired effects are being achieved.
• 08Clean and press costumes before and after performances and perform any minor repairs.
• 09Collaborate with production designers, costume designers, or other production staff to discuss and execute costume design details.
• 10Monitor, maintain, or secure inventories of costumes, wigs, or makeup, providing keys or access to assigned directors, costume designers, or wardrobe mistresses/masters.
• 11Purchase, rent, or requisition costumes or other wardrobe necessities.
• 12Study books, pictures, or examples of period clothing to determine styles worn during specific periods in history.

Task statements from O*NET by the National Center for O*NET Development, used under CC BY 4.0. The tasks are descriptive; the exposure score above is ours.

The research behind this score

This baseline aggregates 3 research sources that scored Costume Attendants for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

• 01Anthropic Economic Index 2026 - AI Task Exposure · 2026
• 02GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024
• 03AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023

Also covers

Costume Attendant · Costume Cutter · Costume Draper · Costume Dresser · Costume Mistress · Costume Seamstress · Costume Shop Coordinator · Costume Specialist and related titles

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