Editors
Arts, Design, Entertainment & MediaAI exposure
- Data source: BLSPublished: '26.08
Very high· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: '26.03
0.246
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
- Data source: ILOPublished: '25
0.54
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
ISCO-08 unit group — every occupation sharing the code gets this value
Computed by this site, not published by the ILO: of the 1,012 occupations this site links to the ILO dataset, 13% score at or above this value.
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
Task-level exposure
Exposed tasks only| Task | Claude.aiRaw / share % | APIRaw / share % |
|---|---|---|
Prepare, rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, or supervise others who do this work.27-3041 | 0.997176.2 | 0.571063.8 |
Read, evaluate and edit manuscripts or other materials submitted for publication and confer with authors regarding changes in content, style or organization, or publication.27-3041 | 0.259719.8 | 0.294733.0 |
Review and approve proofs submitted by composing room prior to publication production.27-3041 | 0.01751.3 | 0.00410.5 |
Develop story or content ideas, considering reader or audience appeal.27-3041 | 0.01261.0 | 0.00260.3 |
Read material to determine index items and arrange them alphabetically or topically, indicating page or chapter location.27-3041 | 0.01200.9 | 0.01611.8 |
Make manuscript acceptance or revision recommendations to the publisher.27-3041 | 0.00580.4 | 0.00580.7 |
Arrange for copyright permissions.27-3041 | 0.00220.2 | —0 |
Allocate print space for story text, photos, and illustrations according to space parameters and copy significance, using knowledge of layout principles.27-3041 | 0.00160.1 | —0 |
| Not observed on any surface — 12 task(s) — These tasks have no row in the source for this release. The 0 in the share row is a display-stage composition ratio; absence is what the — in the raw row states. | ||
Read copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax. | —0 | —0 |
Plan the contents of publications according to the publication's style, editorial policy, and publishing requirements. | —0 | —0 |
Verify facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources. | —0 | —0 |
Oversee publication production, including artwork, layout, computer typesetting, and printing, ensuring adherence to deadlines and budget requirements. | —0 | —0 |
Confer with management and editorial staff members regarding placement and emphasis of developing news stories. | —0 | —0 |
Assign topics, events and stories to individual writers or reporters for coverage. | —0 | —0 |
Monitor news-gathering operations to ensure utilization of all news sources, such as press releases, telephone contacts, radio, television, wire services, and other reporters. | —0 | —0 |
Meet frequently with artists, typesetters, layout personnel, marketing directors, and production managers to discuss projects and resolve problems. | —0 | —0 |
Supervise and coordinate work of reporters and other editors. | —0 | —0 |
Select local, state, national, and international news items received from wire services, based on assessment of items' significance and interest value. | —0 | —0 |
Interview and hire writers and reporters or negotiate contracts, royalties, and payments for authors or freelancers. | —0 | —0 |
Direct the policies and departments of newspapers, magazines and other publishing establishments. | —0 | —0 |
Values in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.
| Task | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Prepare, rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, or supervise others who do this work.O*NET Task ID 1776 | 1.0 |
Read copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax.O*NET Task ID 1777 | 1.0 |
Develop story or content ideas, considering reader or audience appeal.O*NET Task ID 1782 | 1.0 |
Read, evaluate and edit manuscripts or other materials submitted for publication, and confer with authors regarding changes in content, style or organization, or publication.O*NET Task ID 1786 | 1.0 |
Make manuscript acceptance or revision recommendations to the publisher.O*NET Task ID 1790 | 1.0 |
Read material to determine index items and arrange them alphabetically or topically, indicating page or chapter location.O*NET Task ID 1795 | 1.0 |
Write text, such as stories, articles, editorials, or newsletters.O*NET Task ID 21000 | 1.0 |
Allocate print space for story text, photos, and illustrations according to space parameters and copy significance, using knowledge of layout principles.O*NET Task ID 1778 | 0.5 |
Plan the contents of publications according to the publication's style, editorial policy, and publishing requirements.O*NET Task ID 1779 | 0.5 |
Verify facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources.O*NET Task ID 1780 | 0.5 |
Meet frequently with artists, typesetters, layout personnel, marketing directors, and production managers to discuss projects and resolve problems.O*NET Task ID 1788 | 0.0 |
β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.
Data sources & licenses — O*NET®, Anthropic Economic Index, Eloundou et al. (2023): see full notices on the Credits page
Occupation information
Recent Changes Affecting This Occupation
Mar 2026: Brookings research shows copyediting and proofreading freelancers face significant AI displacement — high-skilled editors hit harder than junior ones, reversing historical technology disruption patterns.
[Source: Brookings Institution (Hui & Reshef, 2025)]Mar 2026: Corporate expense data shows 97% cost saving when firms switch from human contractors to AI, reducing demand for contract editing work.
[Source: Stevens (2026) arXiv]Mar 2026: Published evergreen blog post analyzing AI impact on editors: 65% exposure, 52% automation risk.
[Source: AI Changing Work Blog]