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Will AI Replace Barbers?
Provide barbering services, such as cutting, trimming, shampooing, and styling hair; trimming beards; or giving shaves.
29out of 100
Low Risk
AI Risk Score
29/100
Risk Level
Low
Job Zone
3/5
Medium
Total Tasks Analyzed
14
🤖 What AI Can Do
- ▸Record services provided on cashiers' tickets or receive payment from customers.
👤 What Requires Humans
- ▸Drape and pin protective cloths around customers' shoulders.
Task Breakdown
🤖AI Can Automate (1)
- Record services provided on cashiers' tickets or receive payment from customers.
👤Requires Humans (1)
- Drape and pin protective cloths around customers' shoulders.
⚡AI-Assisted (12)
- Clean and sterilize scissors, combs, clippers, and other instruments.
- Cut and trim hair according to clients' instructions or current hairstyles, using clippers, combs, hand-held blow driers, and scissors.
- Question patrons regarding desired services and haircut styles.
- Clean work stations and sweep floors.
- Apply lather and shave beards or neck and temple hair contours, using razors.
- Shape and trim beards and moustaches, using scissors.
- Perform clerical and administrative duties such as keeping records, paying bills, and hiring and supervising personnel.
- Stay informed of the latest styles and hair care techniques.
Key Skills Analysis
Active Listening
Importance: 3.38/5.00
Speaking
Importance: 3.12/5.00
Social PerceptivenessAI-Resistant
Importance: 3.12/5.00
Service OrientationAI-Resistant
Importance: 3.12/5.00
Judgment and Decision MakingAI-Resistant
Importance: 3.00/5.00
Critical ThinkingAI-Resistant
Importance: 2.88/5.00
Monitoring
Importance: 2.88/5.00
Reading ComprehensionAI-Vulnerable
Importance: 2.75/5.00
Time ManagementAI-Resistant
Importance: 2.62/5.00
Active LearningAI-Resistant
Importance: 2.50/5.00
CoordinationAI-Resistant
Importance: 2.50/5.00
PersuasionAI-Resistant
Importance: 2.25/5.00
Complex Problem SolvingAI-Resistant
Importance: 2.25/5.00
Operations AnalysisAI-Vulnerable
Importance: 2.12/5.00
WritingAI-Vulnerable
Importance: 2.00/5.00
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Frequently Asked Questions
Based on our analysis, Barbers have a low risk of AI replacement with a score of 29/100. This role requires significant human skills like creativity, empathy, and complex decision-making that AI cannot easily replicate.
Last updated: 2026-03-28· Data from O*NET 30.2 & Frey/Osborne automation research