Costume Attendants
Select, fit, and take care of costumes for cast members, and aid entertainers. May assist with multiple costume changes during performances.
6,510 people do this job in the US. $50,400 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 14%
- 2%
- 84%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 9%. Today's estimate: 11%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 21 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design or construct costumes or send them to tailors for construction, major repairs, or alterations.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 42% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | Stays with people | |
| Provide dressing assistance to cast members or assign cast dressers to assist specific cast members with costume changes.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 7% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Clean and press costumes before and after performances and perform any minor repairs.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 1.3 h38 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Direct the work of wardrobe crews during dress rehearsals or performances.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 6% | 2.5 h1.3 h to 4.2 h | Stays with people | |
| Distribute costumes or related equipment and keep records of item status.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Create worksheets for dressing lists, show notes, or costume checks.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 5% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | 99%Half by now | |
| Arrange costumes in order of use to facilitate quick-change procedures for performances.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 50 min25 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Participate in the hiring, training, scheduling, or supervision of alteration workers.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 4% | 2.1 h50 min to 5 h | 65%Half by now | |
| Monitor, maintain, or secure inventories of costumes, wigs, or makeup, providing keys or access to assigned directors, costume designers, or wardrobe mistresses/masters.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Examine costume fit on cast members and sketch or write notes for alterations.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 2% | 50 min17 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Collaborate with production designers, costume designers, or other production staff to discuss and execute costume design details.Done daily by most who do it. | 2% | 50 min25 min to 2.1 h | Stays with people | |
| Check the appearance of costumes on stage or under lights to determine whether desired effects are being achieved.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 2% | 38 min13 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
Where this job works
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