Animal Trainers
SOC Code: 39-2011
Animal Trainerss cue or signal animals during performances. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 98.3/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Learning Strategies, Instructing, Speaking.
AI-Proof Score: 98.3 — Very High
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Median Salary
$38,750
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Job Growth
5.1%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Learning Strategies
- •Instructing
- •Speaking
- •Monitoring
- •Critical Thinking
- •Active Learning
- •Judgment and Decision Making
Common Tasks
- ✓Cue or signal animals during performances.
- ✓Talk to or interact with animals to familiarize them to human voices or contact.
- ✓Conduct training programs to develop or maintain desired animal behaviors for competition, entertainment, obedience, security, riding, or related purposes.
- ✓Feed or exercise animals or provide other general care, such as cleaning or maintaining holding or performance areas.
- ✓Observe animals' physical conditions to detect illness or unhealthy conditions requiring medical care.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation