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Producers & Directors

SOC 27-2012

Steer films, shows, and productions from script through final cut.

The job
Median pay
$90k
$63k to $135k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+4.0% projected
Openings a year
12k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
6/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
82nd pct
More exposed than 82% of occupations · modeled estimate · 58th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
45/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
California34,1101.92.0×$130k
New York27,9902.93.1×$108k
Florida7,1600.70.8×$80k
Texas6,6100.50.5×$72k
Georgia5,0101.01.1×$80k
Pennsylvania4,2000.70.8×$75k
North Carolina3,5000.70.8×$64k
Massachusetts3,4400.91.0×$81k
Illinois3,1700.50.6×$81k
New Jersey2,9700.70.8×$120k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Tennessee2,9200.91.0×$73k
Virginia2,8200.70.8×$66k
Washington DC2,6403.84.1×$104k
Michigan2,3100.50.6×$66k
Washington2,2700.60.7×$82k
Connecticut2,2001.31.4×$88k
Colorado1,9600.70.7×$78k
Arizona1,7200.50.6×$67k
Utah1,6701.01.1×$76k
Oregon1,6400.80.9×$87k
Missouri1,6300.60.6×$66k
Nevada1,6301.11.1×$78k
Maryland1,6100.60.6×$79k
Ohio1,6100.30.3×$69k
Wisconsin1,6000.50.6×$66k
Indiana1,4800.50.5×$60k
Minnesota1,3900.50.5×$76k
South Carolina1,1900.50.6×$56k
Alabama1,0400.50.5×$63k
Kentucky9500.50.5×$55k
Louisiana8800.50.5×$63k
Oklahoma7700.50.5×$62k
Iowa7200.50.5×$59k
Arkansas7000.50.6×$39k
Rhode Island5601.11.2×$84k
New Mexico5200.60.7×$76k~
Hawaii5100.80.9×$66k
Nebraska4700.50.5×$53k
Kansas4200.30.3×$61k
Maine4000.60.7×$71k
Mississippi3900.30.4×$48k
Montana3900.80.8×$53k
Idaho3800.40.5×$61k
New Hampshire3000.40.5×$62k
Vermont2901.01.0×$56k
West Virginia2300.30.4×$47k
North Dakota1700.40.4×$58k
South Dakota1700.40.4×$60k
Alaska1600.50.5×$54k
Delaware1500.30.3×$73k
Wyoming1300.50.5×$60k

Top metro areas

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ27,020 jobs · $108k median
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA21,910 jobs · $132k median
  3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA5,030 jobs · $131k median
  4. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV4,230 jobs · $100k median
  5. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA3,840 jobs · $80k median
  6. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL3,020 jobs · $88k median
  7. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH2,640 jobs · $84k median
  8. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN2,590 jobs · $85k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.