Actors

The role is projected to grow 30% over the next decade (much faster than average). Current US employment is approximately 57,000 workers.

The typical entry education is a Some college, no degree. Building a foundation in the top skills below will strengthen your application.

The most in-demand skills for this role include be a role model in community arts, assess data collected to improve community arts programme, assess your competences for artistic coaching, collaborate with coaching team, manage participants' expectations in arts, understand the emotional dimension of a performance. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives Actors a score of 0.35 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at low AI exposure — the role's core work resists current-generation automation. It's a comparatively AI-durable choice within its field.

Actors has moderate barrier to entry — moderately gated — a bachelor's degree or equivalent training is typically required.

Actors is a lottery-shape career — the median outcome is modest but a small number of practitioners earn dramatically more. Success depends heavily on breakout events, not just competence. Plan for the median, not the mean.