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Sew garments or materials

Work activity · O*NET

Sew garments or materials is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Handling and Moving Objects. 11 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Sew clothing or other articles
  • Operate sewing equipment
  • Repair textiles or apparel
  • Sew materials

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 100.0% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 66.7% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 50.0% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 9th pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers 12
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers 8
Sewing Machine Operators 6
Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders 6
Upholsterers 4
Print Binding and Finishing Workers 3
Sewers, Hand 3
Dancers 2
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders 2
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 1
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials 1
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 10 occupations in occupations that perform Sew garments or materials.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders Upholsterers AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Sew garments or materials., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Sew garments or materials." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/sew-garments-or-materials

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Sew garments or materials. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/sew-garments-or-materials

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-sew-garments-or-materials,
  title  = {Sew garments or materials},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/sew-garments-or-materials}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.