yarn spinner
Yarn spinners convert fibres into yarns.
yarn spinner yarn spinners convert fibres into yarns. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include properties of textile materials, staple spinning machine technology, control textile process, measure yarn count, finish processing of man-made fibres.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £27,915 a year for Textile process operatives (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 8112). ONS rates this estimate reasonably precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Plant and machine operators and assemblers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only yarn spinner, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 8. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Frequently asked questions
What does yarn spinner do?
Yarn spinners convert fibres into yarns.
What skills does yarn spinner need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include properties of textile materials, staple spinning machine technology, control textile process, measure yarn count, finish processing of man-made fibres, maintain work standards. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace yarn spinner?
Our AI-durability model gives yarn spinner a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.