Headline risk
20%
Moderate RiskEditors
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
Plan, coordinate, revise, or edit written material. May review proposals and drafts for possible publication.
Task evidence
100% weighted task match · 19% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 75,260
Employment 2024
115.8K
Projected Change (2024–34)
0.6%
Openings (2024–34)
9.8K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Employment of editors is projected to show little or no change from 2024 to 2034.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Read copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax. AI use: 0%
- 2. Verify facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources. AI use: 0%
- 3. Read, evaluate and edit manuscripts or other materials submitted for publication, and confer with authors regarding changes in content, style or organization, or publication. AI use: 0%
- 4. Prepare, rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, or supervise others who do this work. AI use: 79%
- 5. Develop story or content ideas, considering reader or audience appeal. AI use: 81%
- 6. Write text, such as stories, articles, editorials, or newsletters. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 44.7 · 113K employed
Under 25: 7% · 25–54: 71% · 55+: 22%
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Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
crosswalk_exact · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Editors plan, review, and revise content for publication.
Most editors work in offices, whether onsite with their employer or from a remote location. The work can be stressful because editors often have tight deadlines.
Editors typically need a bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, or English, along with writing and proofreading experience.
The median annual wage for editors was $75,260 in May 2024.
Employment of editors is projected to show little or no change from 2024 to 2034.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.