Takeover Tracker

20%low risk
Upholsterers
vs

52 shared · 16 different

core competencies

33%medium risk
Etchers and Engravers

Side-by-Side Comparison

MetricUpholsterersEtchers and Engravers
Risk Score20.0%33.3%
Risk TierLow RiskMedium Risk
Risk Percentile7th58th
Tasks at Risk (>50%)3 / 156 / 15
Median Salary$46,190$40,450
Employment21K8K

Skill Comparison

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Sorted by largest difference

Production and Processing
Visual Color Discrimination
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
Multilimb Coordination
Extent Flexibility
Interacting With Computers
Static Strength
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
Documenting/Recording Information
Controlling Machines and Processes
Selling or Influencing Others
Manual DexterityAI-Resistant

Protective Factors

Higher values indicate stronger protection against AI displacement

Upholsterers

28%

total discount

Etchers and Engravers

27%

total discount

Task Risk Comparison

Tasks sorted by AI automation risk — higher means more automatable

Upholsterers

3 of 15 at risk
88%Maintain records of time required to perform each job.
86%Read work orders, and apply knowledge and experience with materials to determine types and amounts of materials required to cover workpieces.
55%Design upholstery cover patterns and cutting plans, based on sketches, customer descriptions, or blueprints.
47%Draw cutting lines on material following patterns, templates, sketches, or blueprints, using chalk, pencils, paint, or other methods.
41%Operate sewing machines or sew upholstery by hand to seam cushions and join various sections of covering material.

Etchers and Engravers

6 of 15 at risk
86%Use computer software to design patterns for engraving.
86%Measure and compute dimensions of lettering, designs, or patterns to be engraved.
78%Set reduction scales to attain specified sizes of reproduction on workpieces, and set pantograph controls for required heights, depths, and widths of cuts.
78%Examine sketches, diagrams, samples, blueprints, or photographs to decide how designs are to be etched, cut, or engraved onto workpieces.
57%Examine engraving for quality of cut, burrs, rough spots, and irregular or incomplete engraving.

Wage Comparison

Etchers and Engravers earns -$5,740(-12%) vs Upholsterers
UpholsterersEtchers and Engravers
10th
$32,190$29,530
25th
$37,200$35,650
Median
$46,190$40,450
75th
$51,740$48,510
90th
$63,600$60,430

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