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Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators vs Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators and Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$60,560
$67,670
Employment · BLS OEWS
10,000
2,860
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
63rd pct
26th pct

At a glance

Dimension Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Median pay $60,560 $67,670
Employment 10,000 2,860
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Declining (-1.2%) Declining (-10.2%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 2,200 300
Typical education · O*NET Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 63rd pct Low · 26th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 52nd pct · 28% of tasks 21st pct · 17% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (50.0%) —
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman Yes Yes

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Originality, Design, Fluency of Ideas, Visualization, English Language, Arm-Hand Steadiness, Near Vision, Production and Processing, Education and Training, Manual Dexterity, Finger Dexterity, Critical Thinking, Active Learning, Mathematics, Active Listening, Oral Comprehension, Category Flexibility, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Judgment and Decision Making, Written Comprehension, Oral Expression, Problem Sensitivity, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, Far Vision, Speech Recognition, Speech Clarity, Writing, Time Management, Written Expression.

Specific to Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators

  • Computers and Electronics
  • Visual Color Discrimination
  • Fine Arts
  • Communications and Media
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Administration and Management
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Complex Problem Solving

Specific to Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers

  • Mathematical Reasoning
  • Number Facility
  • Perceptual Speed
  • Selective Attention
  • Monitoring
  • Quality Control Analysis
  • Flexibility of Closure

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Graphics or photo imaging software , Desktop publishing software , Computer aided design CAD software , Office suite software , Word processing software , Electronic mail software .

Specific to Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators

Specific to Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators or Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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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.

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Singulariki. "Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators vs Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/fine-artists-including-painters-sculptors-and-illustrators-vs-fabric-and-apparel-patternmakers

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Singulariki. (2026). Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators vs Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/fine-artists-including-painters-sculptors-and-illustrators-vs-fabric-and-apparel-patternmakers

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