Career Explorer Arts, media and sport
Grows with AI
Media and communication workers, all other
All media and communication workers not listed separately.
In the middle of the pack: more resilient than 44% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it very high), and US jobs are projected to change by +3.9% 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)
- $73,620
- Job growth to 2035
- +3.9%
- Openings a year
- 2,000
- People doing it (2025)
- 25,500
- Usual route in
- High school diploma, then short on-the-job training
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all otherGrows with AI, Index 58, +4.7%
- Floral designersHuman edge, steady, Index 48, -5.6%
- Merchandise displayers and window trimmersHuman edge, steady, Index 72, +2.7%
- Cooks, private householdHuman edge, growing, Index 74, +5.1%
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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.