AI Automation Index

Will AI Replace Dancers?

Task-level automation exposure for Dancers: 14 O*NET tasks scored against their work activities, plus the simulator.

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Automation Exposure

16% weighted task index

14 of 14 tasks scored

Median Salary

$52,830 / year

BLS OEWS, May 2025 — 27-2030 group row

Employment Level

Low

10,990 people hold this job — size, not growth

Projected 2025–35

+2.2% employment change

1,600 openings a year · BLS line item

What the score is made of

Each task is mapped to its work activities, scored for AI automation potential, and weighted by how important those activities are to the job. These are the components.

Automation potential 16%

Importance-weighted mean of the scored tasks. This is the headline index.

Physical work 33%

Share of weighted tasks in hands-on or machine-operating work activities.

Judgment & influence 14%

Share in analysis, decisions, teaching, directing, advising, or caring for others.

Routine administration 0%

Share in documenting, recording, and administrative activities.

Rewritten by O*NET 0%

Share of weighted tasks O*NET rewrote in a recent update. Reported, not folded into the score.

Consequence of error 2/100 Low

O*NET's own rating of how serious an uncorrectable mistake would be here — respondents, not us. Deliberately not in the index: the score measures what AI can do with the task content, and multiplying it by stakes would be our judgment dressed as data.

Constituent Task Mix

14 tasks for this occupation, weighted by work-activity importance. Shares below are of total task weight, not task count.

High exposure (≥ 60% of the task is automatable) 13%

2 tasks

Medium exposure (≥ 35%) 4%

1 tasks

Low exposure (below 35%) 83%

11 tasks

How would you survive?

Move your week away from the high-exposure tasks and toward the ones that need judgment. The simulator recalculates the index as you shift the mix.

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Constituent Tasks

#7686 · Core · 3% automatable

Study and practice dance moves required in roles.

situated mobility — Practicing physical skills requires embodiment

Practice athletic or artistic skills.

#7687 · Core · 3% automatable

Harmonize body movements to rhythm of musical accompaniment.

physical manipulation — Dance is embodied physical performance

Perform dances.

#7685 · Core · 3% automatable

Train, exercise, and attend dance classes to maintain high levels of technical proficiency, physical ability, and physical fitness.

situated mobility — Practicing physical skills requires embodiment

Practice athletic or artistic skills.

#7690 · Core · 3% automatable

Coordinate dancing with that of partners or dance ensembles.

physical manipulation — Dance is embodied physical performance

Perform dances.

#7693 · Core · 3% automatable

Develop self-understanding of physical capabilities and limitations, and choose dance styles accordingly.

situated mobility — Practicing physical skills requires embodiment

Practice athletic or artistic skills.

#7688 · Core · 3% automatable

Perform classical, modern, or acrobatic dances in productions, expressing stories, rhythm, and sound with their bodies.

physical manipulation — Dance is embodied physical performance

Perform dances.

#7689 · Core · 3% automatable

Collaborate with choreographers to refine or modify dance steps.

physical manipulation — Dance is embodied physical performance

Perform dances.

#7692 · Core · 5% automatable

Audition for dance roles or for membership in dance companies.

physical manipulation — Live audition performance is embodied

Audition for roles.

#7691 · Core · 74% automatable

Attend costume fittings, photography sessions, and makeup calls associated with dance performances.

information retrieval — AI monitors developments; human judges significance

Review production information to determine costume or makeup requirements. Stay informed about current developments in field of specialization.

#7694 · Core · 82% automatable

Monitor the field of dance to remain aware of current trends and innovations.

information retrieval — AI tracks trends across sources continuously

Monitor current trends.

#21141 · Supplemental · 4% automatable

Prepare pointe shoes, by sewing or other means, for use in rehearsals and performance.

physical manipulation — Sewing clothing requires fine manual dexterity

Sew clothing or other articles. Repair textiles or apparel.

#7697 · Supplemental · 12% automatable

Perform in productions, singing or acting in addition to dancing, if required.

interpersonal — Live comedic/dramatic performance requires embodied human presence

Entertain public with comedic or dramatic performances.

#7695 · Supplemental · 38% automatable

Teach dance students.

interpersonal — Performance technique coaching needs live feedback

Train others on performance techniques.

#7696 · Supplemental · 30% automatable

Devise and choreograph dance for self or others.

physical manipulation — Choreography embodied; AI only suggests sequences

Choreograph dances.

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Method

How this was scored

1. Tasks. O*NET task statements for this occupation, from a release whose newest record is dated 08/2026.
2. Work activities. Each task maps to 1–5 Detailed Work Activities; each activity belongs to one of 41 Generalized Work Activities that O*NET rates for importance (1–5) in this occupation.
3. Automation potential. Every work activity carries one score for how far current AI can perform it end-to-end. Tasks inherit the mean of their activities.
4. Weighting. Task weight = 0.35 + 0.65 × (importance − 1)/4, scaled by how often the task is performed and by 0.7 for Supplemental tasks. Importance is the task's own O*NET rating where it exists (18,369 of 18,838 tasks); the rest inherit their work activities' importance. The index is the weighted mean.

Check: across the 910 occupations where O*NET also rates how far machine speed sets the pace, this index moves opposite to it (Spearman ρ = -0.49). The more a job is paced by equipment, the less of its task content AI can address — the relationship you would expect if the scoring is working.

Sources · O*NET 31.0 (task records to 08/2026) · BLS OEWS May 2025 · BLS projections 2025-2035 · rubric v2.1 · tasks for O*NET, not a forecast

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