All occupations › ProductionCan AI Replace Etchers and Engravers in 2026? Lower exposure. AI could handle about 22% of today's etchers and engravers tasks by 2036, and there is a 17% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI mostly assists people in this role.
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Timeline Year 2030 Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs
11% 2030 · 17% 2036
One person could cover, 2036
~1 roles
0% 50% 100% 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2026: 4% 2027: 5% 2028: 6% 2029: 8% 2030: 11% 2031: 13% 2032: 16% 2033: 18% 2034: 20% 2035: 21% 2036: 22% 11% Share of today's tasks AI can perform 40 80 120 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2026: 100 2027: 99 2028: 98 2029: 98 2030: 97 2031: 96 2032: 95 2033: 94 2034: 94 2035: 93 2036: 92 97 Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line) Your survival map Not every part of your job is at the same risk. Tap a number to see what to do about each task.
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1 Clean and polish engraved areas. 2 Prepare workpieces for etching or engraving by cutting, sanding, cleaning, polishing, or treating them with wax, acid resist, lime, etching powder, or light-sensitive… 3 Engrave and print patterns, designs, etchings, trademarks, or lettering onto flat or curved surfaces of a wide variety of metal, glass, plastic, or paper items, using… 4 Print proofs or examine designs to verify accuracy of engraving, and rework engraving as required. 5 Examine engraving for quality of cut, burrs, rough spots, and irregular or incomplete engraving. 6 Sketch, trace, or scribe layout lines and designs on workpieces, plates, dies, or rollers, using compasses, scribers, gravers, or pencils. 7 Use computer software to design patterns for engraving. 8 Measure and compute dimensions of lettering, designs, or patterns to be engraved. 9 Inspect etched work for depth of etching, uniformity, and defects, using calibrated microscopes, gauges, fingers, or magnifying lenses. 10 Examine sketches, diagrams, samples, blueprints, or photographs to decide how designs are to be etched, cut, or engraved onto workpieces. Lower-risk jobs that use similar skills Lower-risk jobs with similar tasks Similar occupations Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners · Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Based on 30 O*NET tasks for "Etchers and Engravers" (SOC 51-9194.00). LLM alone: 0% of tasks; with AI tools: 27%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10
