Food, wood and textiles
Sewer and embroiderer
Key facts
This job is declining in the United States. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, low according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: −14.1% (BLS). Future-proof jobs use similar skills: see "What next?".
The job
Sewing, embroidery and related workers (ISCO 7533). Sewing, embroidery and related workers sew together, repair, renovate and decorate garments, gloves and other products of textile, fur, light leather and other materials and fabricate tents, sails, awnings and tarpaulins.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
41 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- antique doll repairer
- carpet sewer
- doll maker
- doll repairer
- dollmaker
- dolls accessories maker
- dolls clothes maker
- dolls fashion designer
- dolls house furniture maker
- dolls house maker
- embroiderer
- embroidery digitiser
- embroidery finisher
- embroidery operator
- embroidery puncher
- embroidery worker
- glove maker
- glove manufacturer
- glove manufacturers
- hand decorator
- industrial leather gloves manufacturer
- made-up textile articles manufacturer
- manufacturer of soft furnishings
- plastic doll maker
- plastic dollmaker
- porcelain doll maker
- porcelain dollmaker
- sail maker
- seamstress
- sew on machinist
- sewer
- sewing machinist
- sewing operator
- sewing worker
- soft furnisher
- soft furnishers
- sports glove manufacturer
- sunshade maker
- tent maker
- wooden doll maker
- wooden dollmaker
What next?
Future-proof jobs that draw on skills close to this one. They are leads to explore, not an assessment of your profile.
- ChangingProduct and fashion designer
- ChangingBeautician
- ChangingHairdresser
Indicative matches: at launch they will come from the skills listed in official occupational directories.
Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.