Changing shape

Media and communication equipment workers, all other

All media and communication equipment workers not listed separately.

AI Resistance Index 26 of 99

Changing faster than most: more resilient than 26% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it moderate), and US jobs are projected to change by +1.6% by 2035, slower than average. The work leans on creative vision.

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): $70,720
Job growth to 2035: +1.6%
Openings a year: 1,000
People doing it (2025): 14,000
Usual route in: High school diploma, then short on-the-job training

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Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook

Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all otherGrows with AI, Index 58, +4.7%
Media and communication workers, all otherGrows with AI, Index 44, +3.9%
Artists and related workers, all otherChanging shape, Index 33, +2.0%
Floral designersHuman edge, steady, Index 48, -5.6%

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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.