Industry group, 7111
Performing Arts Companies
141,340 people work in this industry in the US, at mean pay of $76,250 a year (BLS, May 2025). What follows is how much of their working time the best AI models could finish, when, and in which jobs and tasks. Estimates.
of the paid hours. Estimate.
a year: 59 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 42%
- 11%
- 47%
of the paid hours are within reach now in tasks people already bring to Claude. Another 16% is within reach in tasks not yet seen there.
Across the US: 22% within reach now and 37% by the end of 2028, on the long-run pace at four in five.
Share of the paid hours within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this industry's paid hours were within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 1%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 17%. Today's estimate: 21%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
Where the hours are
Jobs by hours within reach now. The 40 largest jobs hold 86% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-Enrichment Teachers | 11,250 | 54% | 13 million | $62K |
| Musicians and Singers | 18,790 | 10% | 4.1 million | $59K |
| Producers and Directors | 8,270 | 23% | 4 million | $62K |
| General and Operations Managers | 6,500 | 23% | 3.1 million | $79K |
| Office Clerks, General | 2,720 | 54% | 3.1 million | $41K |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 2,910 | 43% | 2.6 million | $41K |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 1,470 | 78% | 2.4 million | $56K |
| Customer Service Representatives | 1,580 | 64% | 2.1 million | $38K |
| Actors | 6,720 | 13% | 1.9 million | $82K |
| Audio and Video Technicians | 2,470 | 25% | 1.3 million | $55K |
| Music Directors and Composers | 4,690 | 13% | 1.3 million | $79K |
| Fundraisers | 2,160 | 23% | 1 million | $60K |
People: BLS counts for this industry, May 2025. Pay here: the median paid for the job in this industry, else its mean, else the national median. 115 smaller jobs (18,730 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 95% of the industry's people; the rest are in BLS "all other" groups with no task list, or in counts BLS does not publish.
The tasks with the most hours within reach by the end of 2028
Across the whole industry, on the chosen pace and reliability.
- Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.Self-Enrichment Teachers2.6 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Work closely with directors, other actors, and playwrights to find the interpretation most suited to the role.Actors2.5 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Arrange and edit music to fit style and purpose.Musicians and Singers2.4 million hours99% of the task within reach
- Listen to recordings to master pieces or to maintain and improve skills.Musicians and Singers1.9 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Review instructional content, methods, and student evaluations to assess strengths and weaknesses, and to develop recommendations for course revision, development, or elimination.Self-Enrichment Teachers1.8 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Seek out and learn new music suitable for live performance or recording.Musicians and Singers1.4 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Cut and edit film or tape to integrate component parts into desired sequences.Producers and Directors1.4 million hours96% of the task within reach
- Compose and edit scripts or provide screenwriters with story outlines from which scripts can be written.Producers and Directors1.4 million hours86% of the task within reach
- Collect and analyze data on customer demographics, preferences, needs, and buying habits to identify potential markets and factors affecting product demand.Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists1.4 million hours90% of the task within reach
- Observe students to determine qualifications, limitations, abilities, interests, and other individual characteristics.Self-Enrichment Teachers1.4 million hours100% of the task within reach
Scan a typical company in this industry
The industry's largest jobs, in the proportions BLS counts across the whole industry, at the pay it pays, run through the company scan. A starting point before you have a roster, or a benchmark for the one you have.
Next to this industry
Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events194,390 people19% now, 34% by 2028
- Spectator Sports170,410 people20% now, 36% by 2028
- Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers67,580 people21% now, 50% by 2028
- Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures30,080 people41% now, 67% by 2028
How it is built: BLS counts the people in each job in this industry; each job's tasks and their lengths give its share within reach at a date; the industry's share is those shares weighted by people. Value is pay times 1.43 for benefits and payroll costs. Seen in Claude use splits today's share by whether Anthropic saw people bring each task to Claude in 2025; other AI tools are not counted. How it works