Food, wood and textiles
Tobacco worker
Key facts
This job is declining in the United States. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, low according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: −3.5% (BLS). Future-proof jobs use similar skills: see "What next?".
The job
Tobacco preparers and tobacco products makers (ISCO 7516). Tobacco preparers and tobacco products makers prepare tobacco leaves and make various tobacco products.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
42 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- cigar bunch maker
- cigar buncher
- cigar leaf sorter
- cigar leaf tier
- cigarette leaf tier, hand leaf tier
- curing room assistant
- curing room attendant
- curing room operative
- curing room worker
- hand leaf sorter
- leaf bundling attendant
- leaf inspector
- leaf quality analyst
- leaf quality inspector
- leaf quality tester
- leaf selector
- leaf sorter
- leaf sorter, tobacco
- leaf tier
- leaf tier (tobacco)
- manual leaf sorter
- manual leaf tier
- tobacco curer
- tobacco curing room worker
- tobacco curing room workers
- tobacco drier
- tobacco drier operator
- tobacco dryer
- tobacco drying machine operator
- tobacco drying machine tender
- tobacco drying worker
- tobacco leaf binder
- tobacco leaf bundler
- tobacco leaf selector
- tobacco leaf separator
- tobacco leaf sorter
- tobacco leaf sorters
- tobacco leaf sorting attendant
- tobacco leaf tier
- tobacco processing operative
- tobacco roaster
- wrapper leaf inspector
What next?
Future-proof jobs that draw on skills close to this one. They are leads to explore, not an assessment of your profile.
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Indicative matches: at launch they will come from the skills listed in official occupational directories.
Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.