Career Explorer Arts, media and sport
Changing shape
Editors
Plan, coordinate, revise, or edit written material. May review proposals and drafts for possible publication.
Among the careers AI is changing fastest: more resilient than 10% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is very high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it very high), and US jobs are projected to change by -1.1% by 2035, expected to shrink. The work leans on creative vision and emotional intelligence.
AI can do many of the tasks, and hiring is expected to grow slower than average or to shrink. The job is likely to change, so build the human parts of it.
- Median pay (2025)
- $77,920
- Job growth to 2035
- -1.1%
- Openings a year
- 7,900
- People doing it (2025)
- 105,000
- Usual route in
- Bachelor's degree
Where people already use AI for this work
- Edit written materials or documents
- Prepare informational or instructional materials
- Develop news, entertainment, or artistic content
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures
- Coordinate artistic or entertainment activities
- Negotiate contracts or agreements
What the work looks like
- Verify facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources.
- Write text, such as headlines, stories, articles, editorials, or newsletters.
- Read copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax.
- Prepare, rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, or supervise others who do this work.
- Develop story or content ideas, considering reader or audience appeal.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Interior designersChanging shape, Index 56, +2.7%
- Art directorsGrows with AI, Index 39, +4.2%
- Landscape architectsGrows with AI, Index 58, +4.4%
- Music directors and composersChanging shape, Index 28, +1.2%
Also known as: Features Editor, Newspaper Copy Editor, Opinions Page Editor, Sports Editor, Acquisitions Editor, Assignment Editor, Business Editor, Legal Editor.
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.