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Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys

Speak or read from scripted materials, such as news reports or commercial messages, on radio, television, or other communications media. May play and queue music, announce artist or title of performance, identify station, or interview guests.

84 AI exposure
28 Human advantage
46 Market demand
59 AI leverage

Is Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys a safe career from AI?

Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys scores 84 out of 100 for AI exposure, which is high. A large share of this work is the kind current AI systems are measurably good at. That is not a prediction the job disappears, and the research does not support one. It means more of this role is likely to change than most.

Its human advantage score is 28, which is low. Most of this role can be done through a screen, and that is the half of the labor market AI has reached first. Market demand scores 46 out of 100, combining how many of these jobs exist with where that number is heading. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment falling 7.6% over ten years.

What Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys pay

The median wage is $45,680 a year. The lower quarter earns under $33,280 and the upper quarter over $72,080. About 23,880 people do this work in the United States.

Where Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys can go next

Occupations that share most of what this job already requires, ranked by how much carries over.

Producers and Directors 89% of the skills carry over $83k median
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists 91% of the skills carry over $60k median
Medical Dosimetrists 76% of the skills carry over $138k median
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 77% of the skills carry over $94k median

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Where this comes from

Work content and transitions from O*NET, the US Department of Labor's occupational database. Wages and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. AI exposure from published research measuring which occupations current AI capabilities overlap with. None of it is a forecast, and none of these numbers are ours: they are public data, put next to each other.

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