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AI Work Index

Headline risk

33%

High Risk

Prepress technicians and workers

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United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.

26.2 current · 22.3 projectedConfidence medium

Why This Score

Tasks 100%

Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities

Wage $47K

Median annual wage

Demand -15%

Projected employment change over 10 years

Preparation Zone 3

Typical preparation needed for this occupation

Occupation profile

Format and proof text and images submitted by designers and clients into finished pages that can be printed. Includes digital and photo typesetting. May produce printing plates.

Task evidence

100% weighted task match · 11% effective coverage

Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works

United States Now

Median Wage

USD 47,300

Employment 2024

26.2K

Projected Change (2024–34)

-14.6%

Openings (2024–34)

2.8K

Wage distribution

Bottom 10%: USD 34,27025th pctl: USD 39,000Median: USD 47,30075th pctl: USD 57,530Top 10%: USD 65,530

Demand outlook

Projections published, but no prose outlook available.

Education: Postsecondary nondegree award Experience: —

Role Profile

Detail orientedAdaptabilityComputers and information technology

Tasks

  • 1. Generate prepress proofs in digital or other format to approximate the appearance of the final printed piece. AI use: 0%
  • 2. Proofread and perform quality control of text and images. AI use: 0%
  • 3. Enter, store, and retrieve information on computer-aided equipment. AI use: 0%
  • 4. Enter, position, and alter text size, using computers, to make up and arrange pages so that printed materials can be produced. AI use: 90%
  • 5. Perform "preflight" check of required font, graphic, text and image files to ensure completeness prior to delivery to printer. AI use: 0%
  • 6. Operate and maintain laser plate-making equipment that converts electronic data to plates without the use of film. AI use: 0%

Technologies

Adobe Creative Cloud softwareAdobe IllustratorAdobe InDesignAdobe PhotoshopMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Office software

Requirements

Work context

Time Pressure 4.9/5
Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams 4.7/5
Importance of Being Exact or Accurate 4.6/5
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled 4.6/5
E-Mail 4.5/5
Telephone Conversations 4.4/5

Worker profile

Median age 41.7 · 1.1M employed

Under 25: 16% · 25–54: 60% · 55+: 24%

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