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Music Directors and Composers
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 1.2% more of these jobs by 2035, slower than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #417 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +1.2% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $73,710 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 51,100 in the US, with about 4,200 openings a year
The work, 11 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
AI helps with this: Create artistic designs or performances45%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 86 conversations, and it got them there 43% of the time.
Still yours: Coordinate artistic or entertainment activities21%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Study details of artistic productions7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,233 Copilot conversations and completed it 86% of the time.
AI does this: Develop news, entertainment, or artistic content5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 67 Copilot conversations and completed it 63% of the time.
Still yours: Present arts or entertainment performances4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Perform recruiting or hiring activities4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Create visual designs or displays3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 78 conversations, and it got them there 40% of the time.
Still yours: Negotiate contracts or agreements3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Manage budgets or finances3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Communicate with others about specifications or project details3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 117 Copilot conversations and completed it 78% of the time.
Still yours: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures1%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 101 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 4,200 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
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Where your skills travel.
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deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.14, higher than 46% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 27-2041 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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