Actors

SOC Code: 27-2011

Actorss collaborate with other actors as part of an ensemble. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 98.0/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Speaking, Speaking, Reading Comprehension.

AI-Proof Score: 98.0Very High
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Median Salary

$78,000

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Job Growth

0.3%

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Training Time

Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)

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Job Zone

Zone 2 / 5

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Training Cost

~$5,000

Key Skills

  • Speaking
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Active Listening
  • Writing
  • Coordination

Common Tasks

  • Collaborate with other actors as part of an ensemble.
  • Portray and interpret roles, using speech, gestures, and body movements, to entertain, inform, or instruct radio, film, television, or live audiences.
  • Work closely with directors, other actors, and playwrights to find the interpretation most suited to the role.
  • Perform humorous and serious interpretations of emotions, actions, and situations, using body movements, facial expressions, and gestures.
  • Study and rehearse roles from scripts to interpret, learn and memorize lines, stunts, and cues as directed.

Why AI-Proof?

  • Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
  • Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
  • Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
  • Social and regulatory barriers to full automation
Actors — AI-Proof Careers