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Editors
Also filed here: Editor, Copy editor, Content editor, Sub editor
Being rewritten
AI already performs most of the work in this job. The BLS expects 1.1% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- #16 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -1.1% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $77,920 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 105,000 in the US, with about 7,900 openings a year
The work, 11 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
AI does this: Edit written materials or documents34%
AI performed this in about 1 in 162 Copilot conversations and completed it 95% of the time.
Still yours: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures12%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Develop news, entertainment, or artistic content11%
AI performed this in about 1 in 67 Copilot conversations and completed it 63% of the time.
AI does this: Evaluate the quality or accuracy of data9%
AI performed this in about 1 in 683 Copilot conversations and completed it 82% of the time.
AI helps with this: Create visual designs or displays9%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 78 conversations, and it got them there 40% of the time.
AI does this: Communicate with others about specifications or project details8%
AI performed this in about 1 in 117 Copilot conversations and completed it 78% of the time.
AI does this: Prepare informational or instructional materials6%
AI performed this in about 1 in 51 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
Still yours: Coordinate artistic or entertainment activities4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Negotiate contracts or agreements2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Perform recruiting or hiring activities2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Obtain formal documentation or authorization2%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 585 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 99 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 7,900 openings a year as people retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 52% of the workTechnical Writers55% AI does, against 68% here+0.8% by 2035 · $90,390 · Bachelor’s degree
- Shares 37% of the workProducers and Directors31% AI does, against 68% here+4% by 2035 · $90,360 · Bachelor’s degree
- Shares 35% of the workArt Directors37% AI does, against 68% here+4.2% by 2035 · $114,850 · Bachelor’s degree
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On the wire.
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deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.37, higher than 98% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 27-3041 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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