AI Career Radar

Skincare Specialists

Provide skincare treatments to face and body to enhance an individual's appearance. Includes electrologists and laser hair removal specialists.

AI exposure28 / 100Low exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation10
Freedom to set tasks74
Repeating the same tasks54
$45,330Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+8.8%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (much faster than average)BLS Employment Projections
49Skill durability (fragile)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Speaking
63
69
Active Listening
63
63
Monitoring
63
56
Critical Thinking
63
53
Judgment and Decision Making
63
47
Active Learning
62
50
Coordination
62
50
Complex Problem Solving
62
50
Reading Comprehension
61
53
Time Management
61
50
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Social Perceptiveness
60
53
Writing
60
47
Instructing
58
47
Learning Strategies
58
44
Systems Analysis
57
35
Service Orientation
56
66
Systems Evaluation
56
31
Persuasion
54
44
Mathematics
53
25
Negotiation
52
41
Science
52
9
Management of Personnel Resources
50
25
Operations Analysis
49
25
Installation
48
0
Quality Control Analysis
47
28
Equipment Selection
47
22
Management of Material Resources
47
19
Troubleshooting
47
13
Management of Financial Resources
47
13
Technology Design
47
9
Equipment Maintenance
47
0
Operations Monitoring
46
28
Repairing
46
0
Programming
45
6
Operation and Control
43
25

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

#1Massage TherapistsHealthcare Support
83/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$58,450
10-yr growth
+15.3%
Skill gap
2%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Active Listening, Judgment and Decision Making

82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$72,300
10-yr growth
+21.5%
Skill gap
18%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Social Perceptiveness, Systems Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Time Management

#3Physical Therapist AssistantsHealthcare Support
82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$68,380
10-yr growth
+23%
Skill gap
20%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Social Perceptiveness, Monitoring, Active Listening, Writing

80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
23%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, Active Learning

#5AcupuncturistsHealthcare
80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$76,040
10-yr growth
+8.6%
Skill gap
11%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Critical Thinking, Social Perceptiveness, Judgment and Decision Making, Active Listening

80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$65,160
10-yr growth
+19.4%
Skill gap
18%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Instructing, Active Listening, Persuasion, Writing

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Skincare Specialists could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.