Takeover Tracker
31%medium risk
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
vs

26 shared · 17 different

core competencies

43%medium risk
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers

Side-by-Side Comparison

MetricFine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and IllustratorsPainting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
Risk Score30.5%42.5%
Risk TierMedium RiskMedium Risk
Risk Percentile42th86th
Tasks at Risk (>50%)4 / 157 / 13
Median Salary$60,560$40,860
Employment10K8K

Skill Comparison

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Sorted by largest difference

Thinking Creatively
Originality
Design
Fluency of Ideas
Visualization
English Language
Visual Color Discrimination
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
Active LearningAI-Augmented
Fine Arts
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships

Protective Factors

Higher values indicate stronger protection against AI displacement

Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators

30%

total discount

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers

24%

total discount

Task Risk Comparison

Tasks sorted by AI automation risk — higher means more automatable

Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators

4 of 15 at risk
85%Submit artwork to shows or galleries.
71%Maintain portfolios of artistic work to demonstrate styles, interests, and abilities.
55%Study styles, techniques, colors, textures, and materials used in works undergoing restoration to ensure consistency during the restoration process.
50%Integrate and develop visual elements, such as line, space, mass, color, and perspective, to produce desired effects, such as the illustration of ideas, emotions, or moods.
45%Render drawings, illustrations, and sketches of buildings, manufactured products, or models, working from sketches, blueprints, memory, models, or reference materials.

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers

7 of 13 at risk
84%Read job orders and inspect workpieces to determine work procedures and materials required.
63%Apply coatings, such as paint, ink, or lacquer, to protect or decorate workpiece surfaces, using spray guns, pens, or brushes.
59%Melt or heat coating materials to specified temperatures.
59%Immerse workpieces into coating materials for specified times.
57%Examine finished surfaces of workpieces to verify conformance to specifications and retouch any defective areas.

Wage Comparison

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers earns -$19,700(-33%) vs Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and IllustratorsPainting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
10th
$26,420$28,490
25th
$39,740$34,540
Median
$60,560$40,860
75th
$89,630$50,700
90th
$140,660$62,770

Premium Head-to-Head Analysis

Displacement Timeline Comparison

Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators2028–2035
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers2028–2035
20242030203520402045

Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators has a longer runway before significant displacement, projected 0 years later than Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers.

Risk-Adjusted Salary

Salary weighted by displacement risk: salary × (1 − risk%)

Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators

$42,077

from $60,560

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers

$23,482

from $40,860

After adjusting for AI risk, Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators offers $18,595 more in risk-adjusted pay.

Transition Feasibility

1%

Skill Overlap

Low overlap — significant retraining needed for transition

0

Unique to Fine

0

Unique to Painting,

Combined Protection Strategy

Regardless of which path you choose, focus on these protective factors

Creativity
Decision Complexity
Fine Manipulation
Regulatory Barriers
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