Editors
Plan, coordinate, revise, or edit written material. May review proposals and drafts for possible publication.
91,690 people do this job in the US. $77,920 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 81%
- 19%
- 0%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 36%. Today's estimate: 46%.
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.
The tasks
Sorted by . 22 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oversee publication production, including artwork, layout, computer typesetting, and printing, ensuring adherence to deadlines and budget requirements.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 14% | 3.3 h50 min to 1.3 work days | 25%Half by Mar 2027 | |
| Write text, such as headlines, stories, articles, editorials, or newsletters.Done daily by most who do it. | 10% | 1.7 h25 min to 5 h | 51%Half by now | |
| Plan the contents of publications according to the publication's style, editorial policy, and publishing requirements.Done daily by most who do it. | 10% | 3.3 h1.3 h to 6.7 h | 41%Half by Nov 2026 | |
| Read, evaluate and edit manuscripts or other materials submitted for publication, and confer with authors regarding changes in content, style or organization, or publication.Done daily by most who do it. | 8% | 3.3 h50 min to 2.1 work days | 18%Half by Jul 2027 | |
| Prepare, rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, or supervise others who do this work.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 8% | 1.3 h25 min to 4.2 h | 69%Half by now | |
| Supervise and coordinate work of reporters and other editors.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 1.7 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Direct the policies and departments of newspapers, magazines and other publishing establishments.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 4.2 h1.7 h to 1 work day | Stays with people | |
| Monitor news-gathering operations to ensure utilization of all news sources, such as press releases, telephone contacts, radio, television, wire services, and other reporters.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | 77%Half by now | |
| Allocate print space for story text, photos, and illustrations according to space parameters and copy significance, using knowledge of layout principles.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 4% | 50 min17 min to 2.5 h | 87%Half by now | |
| Read copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 38 min13 min to 2.5 h | 86%Half by now | |
| Develop story or content ideas, considering reader or audience appeal.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 4% | 50 min17 min to 2.5 h | 87%Half by now | |
| Verify facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 38 min13 min to 1.7 h | 95%Half by now |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
- Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers33,490 people
- Motion Picture and Video Industries7,540 people
- Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers7,040 people
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services4,440 people
- Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services3,890 people
Where the most of these jobs are
The metro areas with the most people in it (BLS, May 2025).