Also called: Card Grader, Comic Book Grader
Inspects trading cards and comic books and assigns grades that set their value.
Graders at companies like PSA, BGS, or CGC examine corners, edges, and surfaces under lights and magnification, deciding grades that can make a card worth thousands more.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 1 year after high school. On-the-job training; deep collecting knowledge.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Self-taught. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average. No separate BLS projection; estimate based on related occupations.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. Computer-vision grading is already live at some firms and spreading; by 2036 most routine card and comic grading may be automated.
Classes: Art, Statistics, Business, Computer applications.
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