Changing
Creative
Writer, author
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Key facts
−0.3%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: high according to the ILO, very high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: −0.3% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Writes texts: books, content, scripts, speeches or business material.
94 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- acquisitions editor
- advanced technical communicator
- API writer
- author
- book editor
- book editor and consultant
- book editor and project manager
- book editor and publisher
- book editorial director
- children's book editor
- commissioning editor
- composer-lyricist
- copywriter & lyricist
- creative writer
- documentation specialist
- dramatic advisor
- dramaturg
- dramaturge
- dramaturge & playwright
- dramaturgist
- e-learning author
- editorial director of publications
- essay writer
- essayist
- executive speechwriter
- fictional writer
- film author
- information architect
- investigative writer
- libretist
- literary analyst
- literary research analyst
- literary research scientist
- literary researcher
- literary scholar
- literary science researcher
- literary scientist
- literary studies research scientist
- literary studies researcher
- literary studies scholar
- literary studies scientist
- literature scholar
- lyric songwriter
- lyric writer
- lyricist
- manuscripts editorial director
- medical writer
- ministerial speechwriter
- movie author
- movie script writer
- music theater dramaturge
- music theatre dramaturge
- noir writer
- novelist
- playwright
- playwright & dramaturge
- poet
- political speechwriter
- production dramaturge
- science-fiction writer
- scientific and technical communicator
- scientific communicator
- screen writer
- screenplay writer
- script writer
- senior book editor
- senior technical communicator
- singer-lyricist
- songwriter
- speech writer
- speechwriter
- speechwriting consultant
- speechwriting specialist
- tech communicator
- technical author
- technical communicator
- technical communicators
- technical content developer
- technical documentation author
- technical documentation specialist
- technical editor
- technical illustrator
- technical writer
- television script writer
- television writer
- textbook writer
- thriller writer
- travel guide writer
- TV script writer
- TV series script writer
- usability expert
- user experience designer
- writer
- writer of speeches
Training
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Gauges
Risk 5/5 · Very high
AI exposureVery highBLS AI exposure category "very high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (high)
Employment outlookDeclineBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Writers and authors)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayHighBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $76,910
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.