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Creative
Video editor
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Key facts
+3.7%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesEmployment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: low according to the ILO, high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +3.7% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Assembles footage and sound to build the story of a film, a news report or a video.
169 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- acoustics technician
- ADR editor
- audio & video operator
- audio and video operator
- audio board operator
- audio designer
- audio editor
- audio engineer
- audio engineer & sound artist
- audio engineer and sound artist
- audio engineer and sound designer
- audio mastering engineer
- audio mastering operator
- audio operator
- audio post-production technician
- audio production technician
- audio restorer
- audio technician
- audio video specialist
- audio visual specialist
- audio visual technician
- audio-video operator
- audio-video specialist
- audio-video technician
- audio-visual assistant
- audio-visual engineer
- audio-visual operator
- audio-visual specialist
- audio-visual technician
- audio-visuals technician
- audio/visual technician
- audiovisual assistant
- automatic dialogue replacement editor
- AV technician
- boom holder
- boom operator
- booth operator
- broadcast engineering technician
- broadcast technician
- broadcast technicians
- broadcast transmitter operator
- broadcast transmitting equipment operator
- broadcast transmitting technician
- broadcasting engineer
- broadcasting equipment operator
- broadcasting technician
- camera crane operator
- camera equipment operator
- camera operator
- cameraman
- camerawoman
- cinema projectionist
- composer & sound designer
- composer and sound designer
- dialogue editor
- digital cinema projectionist
- digital mastering technician
- dubbing manager
- equipment hire technician
- equipment technician
- event technician
- film boom operator
- film projectionist
- foley artist
- foley editor
- front of house sound engineer
- Front of house technician
- graphics/video technician
- image technician
- lighting hire equipment technician
- live sound artist
- live sound engineer
- live sound technician
- live video operator
- load cell hire technician
- mastering engineer
- mastering technician
- mixing & mastering sound engineer
- mixing and mastering engineer
- movie projector operator
- music and sound artist
- music composer & sound designer
- music composer and sound designer
- music editor
- music supervisor
- PA man
- PA woman
- performance rental engineer
- performance rental monitor
- performance rental technician
- production sound mixer assistant
- projection operator
- projection technician
- projectionist
- projector booth operator
- projector operator
- radio and TV technician
- railcam operator
- re-recording mixer
- recording audio technician
- recording engineer
- recording sound engineer
- recording sound technician
- recording studio audio engineer
- recording studio sound technician
- recording studio technician
- recording technician
- remote head operator
- rental equipment performance engineer
- rental equipment performance technician
- shotgun microphone operator
- shotgun operator
- sonic manipulator
- sound artist
- sound artist & designer
- sound artist and audio engineer
- sound artist and designer
- sound audio technician
- sound board operator
- sound board technician
- sound designer
- sound designer & artist
- sound designer & audio engineer
- sound designer & composer
- sound designer & engineer
- sound designer & music composer
- sound designer and artist
- sound designer and audio engineer
- sound designer and composer
- sound designer and engineer
- sound designer and music composer
- sound editor
- sound engineer
- sound engineer & designer
- sound engineer and designer
- sound equipment hire technician
- sound equipment technician
- sound installation creator
- sound mastering engineer
- sound mixer
- sound operator
- sounds technician
- special effects hire equipment technician
- special effects sound technician
- stage manager
- stage sound technician
- steadicam operator
- studio sound engineer
- studio technician
- towercam operator
- TV boom operator
- venue performance monitor
- venue technician
- venue technician (rental equipment)
- video and graphics operator
- video and graphics technician
- video camera operator
- video conference technician
- video operator
- video projection operator
- video projection technician
- video technician
- video/graphics technician
- videographer
- visual and graphic operator
- visual projection operator
- visuals operator
- visuals technician
- weight report technician
Training
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Gauges
Risk 4/5 · High
AI exposureHighBLS AI exposure category "high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (low)
Employment outlookStableBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Film and video editors)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayHighBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $75,420
EntryLongBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.