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Personal Care and Service Occupations

Job family · SOC major group

Personal Care and Service Occupations is one of the 23 SOC major groups — the top level of the U.S. Standard Occupational Classification, the official scheme every detailed occupation rolls up to. It contains 34 occupations employing about 3,631,090 people, with a median wage of $36,670 across its occupations. BLS projects employment in this family to change +3.4% between 2024 and 2034 , with roughly 919,500 openings a year.

Occupation groups in this family

This family divides into 8 SOC minor groups — tighter clusters of related occupations. Ranked by U.S. employment.

Occupations in this family

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 29 occupations in Personal Care and Service Occupations. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Embalmers Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors Animal Trainers Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists Crematory Operators Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers Costume Attendants Animal Caretakers Recreation Workers Residential Advisors First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers Concierges AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Each occupation in this family with both an AI task-overlap score and a wage, plotted by task-overlap percentile (horizontal) and median-pay percentile (vertical). Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation.

Ranked by U.S. employment (BLS OEWS May 2024). Projected change is BLS 2024–34; AI exposure is the OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" human beta rating (share of an occupation's tasks where an LLM with tools could cut the time to do them by at least half).

Occupation Median pay Employment 2024–34 AI exposure
Childcare Workers $32,050 520,180 -2.9% 35%
Nannies $32,050 520,180 -2.9% 35%
Amusement and Recreation Attendants $30,490 371,590 +3.4% 37%
Recreation Workers $35,380 309,640 +4.1% 25%
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors $46,180 303,620 +11.9% 24%
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists $35,250 295,460 +5.6% 5%
Animal Caretakers $33,470 277,300 +12.1% 18%
Manicurists and Pedicurists $34,660 147,820 +7.0% 6%
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers $31,150 119,210 +1.2% 20%
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers $47,080 107,060 +6.7% 36%
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services $46,900 92,830 +6.3% 34%
Gambling Dealers $33,280 82,980 -0.6% 15%
Residential Advisors $39,180 82,810 +3.8% 28%
Skincare Specialists $41,560 70,240 +6.7% 11%
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other $37,900 62,390 +6.4% —
Concierges $37,320 44,200 +2.3% 70%
Baggage Porters and Bellhops $36,020 31,220 -1.6% 28%
Funeral Attendants $34,610 30,560 +3.1% 23%
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers $49,800 25,700 +3.1% 9%
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers $61,590 25,530 +2.0% 34%
Animal Trainers $38,750 20,110 +5.1% 14%
Barbers $38,960 18,100 +4.1% 7%
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants $34,800 14,960 +6.4% 15%
Gambling Service Workers, All Other $34,530 14,920 -0.6% —
Shampooers $31,470 8,890 +5.5% 7%
Entertainment Attendants and Related Workers, All Other $34,550 8,060 +3.6% —
Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners $30,460 7,600 -6.1% 23%
Costume Attendants $54,810 6,290 +5.9% 24%
Embalmers $56,280 3,420 +1.3% 4%
Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance $50,280 3,320 +8.1% 24%
Crematory Operators $42,880 2,950 +3.3% 13%
Motion Picture Projectionists $38,180 1,950 -3.7% 8%
Tour Guides and Escorts — — — 35%
Travel Guides — — — 40%

AI exposure across this family

Two published studies estimate how exposed each occupation is to AI. The OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" study rates the share of an occupation's tasks an LLM (with tools) could speed up by half or more; averaged across this family it is 23% — 39th percentile of the 23 families. The independent Felten/Raj/Seamans AI Occupational Exposure index averages -0.36 here.

Exposure measures where AI could assist tasks — it is not a prediction that these jobs will be automated. High exposure often means augmentation (faster work), and many high-exposure occupations are also projected to grow.

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. "Personal Care and Service Occupations." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/job-families/personal-care-and-service-occupations

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Singulariki. (2026). Personal Care and Service Occupations. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/job-families/personal-care-and-service-occupations

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