Automation index

Can AI do the work of a Hairdresser?

A moodboard and a booking assemble themselves. Cutting, colouring, and sending the client out happy is the job.

It also does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.

IS WORK OVER?

Hairdresser

14%

AI or a robot can already do 14% of this job.

#100 / 103

Score = Σ (weight × saving). Weight is our estimate from frequency, not a time share published by O*NET. Saving is separate.

Weights are our estimate from O*NET frequency (FT). O*NET does not publish % of the week.

Task	Share	AI	Adds
Diary, client cards and salon social posts. Estimate No public source pins this saving. It is an estimate of the method.	16%	28%	+4.5
Advise cut and colour from references. Estimate No public source pins this saving. It is an estimate of the method.	14%	22%	+3.1
Cut, style and finish in the chair. Estimate No public source pins this saving. It is an estimate of the method.	24%	6%	+1.4
Colour, highlights and treatments. Estimate No public source pins this saving. It is an estimate of the method.	18%	8%	+1.4
Hygiene, sterilisation and till. Estimate No public source pins this saving. It is an estimate of the method.	14%	10%	+1.4
Care, retention and handling complaints. Estimate No public source pins this saving. It is an estimate of the method.	14%	12%	+1.7
Total	100%		14%

Modelled week 100% · Public evidence 0% · Estimate 100% · Confidence: Low