Also called: Horse-Drawn Carriage Operator, Teamster
Drives horse-drawn carriages for tours, weddings, and events.
Harnesses a team of draft horses, gives a historic city tour, and drives a bride to her wedding, all while handling traffic and caring for the horses.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. On-the-job training; driving experience with horses.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing slowly. Small niche.
Low risk for 10 years. Driving and caring for carriage horses stays hands-on; city bans on carriage rides matter more than AI.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to carriage tour or wedding carriage companies; they train you to drive their horses First: A few weeks of company training and a city carriage driver permit in some cities
Classes: Agriscience (FFA), US History, Speech & debate, Physical education.
Official data: O*NET occupation 53-3099.
Career Universe is an early version. Pay, training and AI-risk figures are estimates to start your own research, not verified facts. The research was written with AI research assistants, checked by validation scripts and spot-checked by hand. Check anything important with schools, employers and official sources. How the numbers work.