Can AI Replace Gem and Diamond Workers in 2026?

Lower exposure. AI could handle about 37% of today's gem and diamond workers tasks by 2036, and there is a 23% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI mostly assists people in this role.

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Timeline

Year2030

Tasks AI can do

18%

Headcount (2025 = 100)

Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs

12% 2030 · 23% 2036

One person could cover, 2036

1.2 roles

Share of today's tasks AI can perform

Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line)

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Lower-risk jobs that use similar skills

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic13% risk by 2036 Cutters and Trimmers, Hand12% risk by 2036 Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners13% risk by 2036

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Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Estimate wholesale and retail value of gems, following pricing guides, market fluctuations, and other relevant economic factors".Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Advise customers and others on the best use of gems to create attractive jewelry items".Get visibly better at your human core: "Examine gems during processing to ensure accuracy of angles and positions of cuts or bores, using magnifying glasses, loupes, or shadowgraphs".Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output.Read about a lower-risk move: Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.

Lower-risk jobs with similar tasks

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic — 13% chance of contraction by 2036
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand — 12% chance of contraction by 2036
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners — 13% chance of contraction by 2036

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Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers · Tool and Die Makers · Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians · Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand

Based on 22 O*NET tasks for "Gem and Diamond Workers" (SOC 51-9071.06). LLM alone: 0% of tasks; with AI tools: 46%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10