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Motion Picture Projectionists
Personal Care and Service · SOC 39-3021
0.0% AI Exposure — Low
$38,270
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
800
Proj. Annual Openings
1,480
Employment (OEWS 2025)
-17%/yr
Empl. growth (2019–2025)
100/100
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 39-3021 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
- SOC exposure
- 0.0%
- Low · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 47/100
- Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $38,270
- No H-1B offered-wage row for this SOC.
- Projected openings
- 800
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change -3.7%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- —
- FY— certified LCAs; 767 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
Operations MonitoringReading ComprehensionActive ListeningSpeakingOperation and Control
Transition context
- 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.
AI Exposure Analysis
AI Exposure0.0%
AI Resiliency100/100
Exposure BandLow
Sector Avg. Exposure2.1%
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
24.3%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic0%
AI capability · OpenAI18.2%
AI ability · AIOE54.6%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne97%
AI could do ~18.2% of this role but only ~0% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.
Top Skills
1.Operations Monitoring
2.Reading Comprehension
3.Active Listening
4.Speaking
5.Operation and Control
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →No H-1B certified LCA filings recorded for this occupation in FY2016–FY2025.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
Set up and operate motion picture projection and related sound reproduction equipment.
Common titles: Booth Operator, Cinema Projectionist, Digital Projectionist, Film Specialist, Motion Picture Projectionist, Movie Projectionist
Representative Tasks
- •Monitor operations to ensure that standards for sound and image projection quality are met.
- •Start projectors and open shutters to project images onto screens.
- •Open and close facilities according to rules and schedules.
- •Operate equipment to show films in a number of theaters simultaneously.
- •Perform regular maintenance tasks, such as rotating or replacing xenon bulbs, cleaning projectors and lenses, lubricating machinery, and keeping electrical contacts clean and tight.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Monitor operational quality or safety.
- •Inspect equipment to ensure proper functioning.
- •Operate audio-visual equipment.
- •Arrange facility schedules.
- •Perform basic equipment maintenance.
Tools & Technologies
Microsoft Excel · hotMicrosoft Office software · hotMicrosoft Outlook · hotMicrosoft PowerPoint · hotMicrosoft Word · hotAvid Technology iNEWS
Employment Projections & AI Exposure
15
Occupations Shown
1.6%
Avg AI Exposure
11
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
Multi-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 39-3021: 2019 — employment: 4,540, median wage: $25,150; 2020 — employment: 2,270, median wage: $27,490; 2021 — employment: 1,620, median wage: $29,350; 2022 — employment: 1,900, median wage: $33,360; 2023 — employment: 2,610, median wage: $35,160; 2025 — employment: 1,480, median wage: $38,270.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 0.0% | 2.1% |
| Outlook | Average | 52% Bright |
| Median Salary | $38,270 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 100/100 | N/A |