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Cutters and Trimmers, Hand

Production · SOC 51-9031

0.0% AI Exposure — Low
$38,020
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
800
Proj. Annual Openings
6,060
Employment (OEWS 2025)
-7.5%/yr
Empl. growth (2019–2025)
100/100
AI Resiliency Score

AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.

Decision card

Career Evidence Passport

SOC 51-9031 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.

Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
SOC exposure
0.0%
Low · Anthropic AEI
Automation friction
43/100
Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
Wages
$38,020
No H-1B offered-wage row for this SOC.
Projected openings
800
BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change -18.1%.
Observed/proxy demand
FY— certified LCAs; 818 postings in 2025.

Skill evidence

Active ListeningSpeakingTime ManagementReading ComprehensionMonitoring

Transition context

  • H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
  • Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
  • Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
  • This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.

AI Exposure Analysis

AI Exposure0.0%
AI Resiliency100/100
Exposure BandLow
Sector Avg. Exposure0.7%

Across AI measures

Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.

13.7%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic0%
AI capability · OpenAI0%
AI ability · AIOE41%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne64%

Top Skills

1.Active Listening
2.Speaking
3.Time Management
4.Reading Comprehension
5.Monitoring

H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand

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No H-1B certified LCA filings recorded for this occupation in FY2016–FY2025.

O*NET occupation profile

What this work involves

Use hand tools or hand-held power tools to cut and trim a variety of manufactured items, such as carpet, fabric, stone, glass, or rubber.

Common titles: Cloth Cutter, Denim Cutter, Fabric Cutter, Finisher, Glass Cutter, Hand Cutter

Representative Tasks

  • Mark or discard items with defects such as spots, stains, scars, snags, chips, scratches, or unacceptable shapes or finishes.
  • Trim excess material or cut threads off finished products, such as cutting loose ends of plastic off a manufactured toy for a smoother finish.
  • Cut, shape, and trim materials, such as textiles, food, glass, stone, and metal, using knives, scissors, and other hand tools, portable power tools, or bench-mounted tools.
  • Position templates or measure materials to locate specified points of cuts or to obtain maximum yields, using rules, scales, or patterns.
  • Read work orders to determine dimensions, cutting locations, and quantities to cut.

Detailed Work Activities

  • Mark products, workpieces, or equipment with identifying information.
  • Trim excess material from workpieces.
  • Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.
  • Measure materials to mark reference points, cutting lines, or other indicators.
  • Position patterns on equipment, materials, or workpieces.

Employment Projections & AI Exposure

15
Occupations Shown
0.5%
Avg AI Exposure
1
Bright Outlook
Horizontal bar chart showing occupations with the highest projected annual openings. Each bar length represents annual projected openings. Color uses a gradient from violet (lower) to cyan (higher). Summary statistics are shown above the chart.

Employment & Wage Trend

BLS OEWS, 2019–2025


Occupation Employment & Wage TrendMulti-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 51-9031: 2019 — employment: 9,670, median wage: $30,200; 2020 — employment: 7,980, median wage: $31,630; 2021 — employment: 7,920, median wage: $30,230; 2022 — employment: 8,250, median wage: $36,130; 2023 — employment: 7,220, median wage: $37,040; 2025 — employment: 6,060, median wage: $38,020.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.

Sector Comparison

MetricThis CareerSector Average
AI Exposure0.0%0.7%
OutlookAverage4% Bright
Median Salary$38,020N/A
AI Resiliency100/100N/A