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Writers and Authors

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media · SOC 27-3043

24.6% AI Exposure — High
$76,910
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
12,800
Proj. Annual Openings
47,940
Employment (OEWS 2025)
+0.7%/yr
Empl. growth (2019–2025)
75/100
AI Resiliency Score

AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.

Decision card

Career Evidence Passport

SOC 27-3043 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.

Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
SOC exposure
24.6%
High · Anthropic AEI
Automation friction
29/100
Low friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
Wages
$76,910
H-1B offered wage $62,400; LCAs are filings.
Projected openings
12,800
BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +3.6%.
Observed/proxy demand
47
FY2025 certified LCAs; 13,614 postings in 2025.

Skill evidence

WritingWritingReading ComprehensionReading ComprehensionActive Listening
  • H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
  • Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
  • Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
  • This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.

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Lower AI-exposure roles that reuse your skills, ranked by a transition score (skills that transfer, safety gain, pay and retraining effort).

AI Exposure Analysis

AI Exposure24.6%
AI Resiliency75/100
Exposure BandHigh
Sector Avg. Exposure18.3%

Across AI measures

Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.

66.5%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic24.6%
AI capability · OpenAI87.7%
AI ability · AIOE87.1%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne3.8%

AI could do ~87.7% of this role but only ~24.6% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.

Top Skills

1.Writing
2.Writing
3.Reading Comprehension
4.Reading Comprehension
5.Active Listening

H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand

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Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.

622
Decade Total (Certified LCAs)
47
FY2025 Volume
0% of all H-1B filings in FY2025
$62,400
Median Offered Wage (Latest Year)
#214 of 776
Rank by Total Volume
H-1B filing volume, FY2016–FY2025

O*NET occupation profile

What this work involves

Originate and prepare written material, such as scripts, stories, advertisements, and other material.

Common titles: Advertisement Agency Copywriter (Ad Agency Copywriter), Advertising Associate, Advertising Copywriter, Advertising Writer, Communications Specialist, Copywriter

Representative Tasks

  • Develop advertising campaigns for a wide range of clients, working with an advertising agency's creative director and art director to determine the best way to present advertising information.
  • Vary language and tone of messages based on product and medium.
  • Present drafts and ideas to clients.
  • Discuss with the client the product, advertising themes and methods, and any changes that should be made in advertising copy.
  • Review advertising trends, consumer surveys, and other data regarding marketing of goods and services to determine the best way to promote products.

Detailed Work Activities

  • Develop promotional strategies or plans.
  • Write advertising or promotional material.
  • Confer with clients to determine needs.
  • Present work to clients for approval.
  • Monitor current trends.

Tools & Technologies

Adobe Creative Cloud software · hotAdobe Photoshop · hotCanva · hotMicrosoft PowerPoint · hotTikTok · hotAdobe After Effects · hotAdobe Illustrator · hotAdobe InDesign · hotFacebook · hotWordPress · hot

Employment Projections & AI Exposure

15
Occupations Shown
17.7%
Avg AI Exposure
3
Bright Outlook
Horizontal bar chart showing occupations with the highest projected annual openings. Each bar length represents annual projected openings. Color uses a gradient from violet (lower) to cyan (higher). Summary statistics are shown above the chart.

Employment & Wage Trend

BLS OEWS, 2019–2025


Occupation Employment & Wage TrendMulti-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 27-3043: 2019 — employment: 45,860, median wage: $63,200; 2020 — employment: 44,240, median wage: $67,120; 2021 — employment: 49,410, median wage: $69,510; 2022 — employment: 54,010, median wage: $73,150; 2023 — employment: 49,450, median wage: $73,690; 2025 — employment: 47,940, median wage: $76,910.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.

Sector Comparison

MetricThis CareerSector Average
AI Exposure24.6%18.3%
OutlookAverage18% Bright
Median Salary$76,910N/A
AI Resiliency75/100N/A