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Proofreaders and Copy Markers
Also filed here: Proofreader, Proof reader
Being rewritten
AI already performs most of the work in this job. The BLS expects 0.9% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- #2 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -0.9% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $51,120 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 8,500 in the US, with about 1,100 openings a year
The work, 7 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 does this: Examine materials or documentation for accuracy or compliance45%
AI performed this in about 1 in 824 Copilot conversations and completed it 86% of the time.
AI does this: Gather information from physical or electronic sources17%
AI performed this in about 1 in 28 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
AI does this: Evaluate the quality or accuracy of data11%
AI performed this in about 1 in 683 Copilot conversations and completed it 82% of the time.
Still yours: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Communicate with others about specifications or project details7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 117 Copilot conversations and completed it 78% of the time.
AI does this: Perform administrative or clerical activities6%
AI performed this in about 1 in 401 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
AI does this: Provide information or assistance to the public5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 7 Copilot conversations and completed it 86% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 99 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 1,100 openings a year as people retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
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- Shares 33% of the workCourt Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners37% AI does, against 91% here-0.1% by 2035 · $72,420 · Postsecondary certificate
The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Work front:
How to read this file.
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 0.37, higher than 98% 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, 43-9081 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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