# Personal Appearance Workers

> SOC minor group 39-5000 within Personal Care and Service Occupations — 6 detailed occupations.

- **SOC minor group:** 39-5000
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/personal-appearance-workers
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap, not jobs lost. Figures below are aggregates over the group's member occupations, each traced to a named public dataset.

## Scale & pay

- **Employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** 543,830.
- **Median wage:** $37,105.
- **Projected growth (BLS 2024–34):** 6.1%.
- **Annual openings:** 127.3.

## AI exposure

- **AI task-overlap (mean across member occupations):** 19th percentile (Low) — Eloundou GPT-overlap + Felten AIOE; task overlap, not automation.

## Member occupations

- Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-39-5012-00) — $35,250; 0th percentile overlap
- Manicurists and Pedicurists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-39-5092-00) — $34,660; 0th percentile overlap
- Skincare Specialists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-39-5094-00) — $41,560; 0th percentile overlap
- Barbers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-39-5011-00) — $38,960; 0th percentile overlap
- Shampooers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-39-5093-00) — $31,470; 0th percentile overlap
- Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-39-5091-00) — $50,280; 0th percentile overlap

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS Employment Projections** (2024–2034) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130
- **AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE)** (Felten, Raj & Seamans) — academic. https://github.com/AIOE-Data/AIOE

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-02T20:31:11.516731+00:00. https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/personal-appearance-workers_