Grows with AI

Film and video editors

Edit moving images on film, video, or other media. May work with a producer or director to organize images for final production. May edit or synchronize soundtracks with images.

AI Resistance Index 33 of 99

Changing faster than most: more resilient than 33% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it high), and US jobs are projected to change by +3.7% by 2035, faster than average. The work leans on creative vision.

AI can help with many of the tasks, and demand is still growing. Being fluent with AI is the edge here.

Median pay (2025): $75,420
Job growth to 2035: +3.7%
Openings a year: 3,100
People doing it (2025): 39,400
Usual route in: Bachelor's degree

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Where people already use AI for this work

Develop news, entertainment, or artistic content
Operate communications equipment or systems
Evaluate the quality or accuracy of data

From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).

Work AI rarely helps with

Alter audio or video recordings
Coordinate artistic or entertainment activities
Mark materials or objects for identification

What the work looks like

Organize and string together raw footage into a continuous whole according to scripts or the instructions of directors and producers.
Edit films and videotapes to insert music, dialogue, and sound effects, to arrange films into sequences, and to correct errors, using editing equipment.
Select and combine the most effective shots of each scene to form a logical and smoothly running story.
Review footage sequence by sequence to become familiar with it before assembling it into a final product.
Set up and operate computer editing systems, electronic titling systems, video switching equipment, and digital video effects units to produce a final product.

From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.

Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook

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Also known as: Editor, Film Editor, News Editor, Video Editor, News Video Editor, News Videotape Editor, Non-Linear Editor, Online 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.