As of June 2026, Manicurists and Pedicurists has an AI-exposure score of 38/100 (Low exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.

AI Exposure Score for

Manicurists and Pedicurists

38/100
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More exposed than 7% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$35,760. About 24,800 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).

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How you compare to similar Personal Care roles

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Your tasks, by AI exposure

Automatable
  • Schedule client appointments and accept payments.
Augmentable
  • Promote and sell nail care products.
  • Maintain supply inventories and records of client services.
Durable
  • Shape and smooth ends of nails, using scissors, files, or emery boards.
  • Prepare customers' nails in soapy water, using swabs, files, and orange sticks.
  • Clean and sanitize tools and work environment.
  • Apply undercoat and clear or colored polish onto nails with brush.
  • Whiten underside of nails with white paste or pencils.
  • Polish nails, using powdered polish and buffer.
  • Extend nails using powder, solvent, and paper forms attached to tips of customers' fingers to support and shape artificial nails.
  • Treat nails to repair or improve strength and resilience by wrapping.
  • Roughen surfaces of fingernails, using abrasive wheel.
  • Assess the condition of clients' hands, remove dead skin, and massage hands.
  • Use rotary abrasive wheels to shape and smooth nails or artificial extensions.
  • Remove previously applied nail polish, using liquid remover and swabs.
  • Prepare nail cuticles with water and oil, using cuticle knives to push back cuticles and scissors or nippers to trim cuticles.
  • Advise clients on nail care and use of products and colors.
  • Decorate clients' nails by piercing or attaching ornaments or designs.

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