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AI Automation Index
Will AI Replace Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys?
Task-level automation exposure for Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys: 24 O*NET tasks scored against their work activities, plus the simulator.
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46%
weighted task index
24 of 24 tasks scored
Median Salary
$47,340 / year
BLS OEWS, May 2025 — this exact occupation
Employment Level
Low
21,240 people hold this job — size, not growth
Projected 2025–35
-7.6%
employment change
2,000 openings a year · BLS line item
Pay by state
BLS OEWS publishes 48 state estimates for this occupation. Each is its own survey estimate, not the national median adjusted for local prices.
$22,970 – $81,310
Highest medians
New York $81,310
Maryland $74,480
New Jersey $70,800
Indiana $61,760
Nevada $60,460
Lowest medians
Puerto Rico $22,970
South Carolina $30,960
Louisiana $33,020
Mississippi $34,040
Montana $35,000
State figures come from the 27-3011 row in the May 2025 state panel. States where the estimate was suppressed or too small to publish are absent.
What the score is made of
Each task is mapped to its work activities, scored for AI automation potential, and weighted by how important those activities are to the job. These are the components.
Automation potential 46%
Importance-weighted mean of the scored tasks. This is the headline index.
Physical work 8%
Share of weighted tasks in hands-on or machine-operating work activities.
Judgment & influence 18%
Share in analysis, decisions, teaching, directing, advising, or caring for others.
Routine administration 13%
Share in documenting, recording, and administrative activities.
Rewritten by O*NET 0%
Share of weighted tasks O*NET rewrote in a recent update. Reported, not folded into the score.
Consequence of error 37/100
Moderate
O*NET's own rating of how serious an uncorrectable mistake would be here — respondents, not us. Deliberately not in the index: the score measures what AI can do with the task content, and multiplying it by stakes would be our judgment dressed as data.
Constituent Task Mix
24 tasks for this occupation, weighted by work-activity importance. Shares below are of total task weight, not task count.
High exposure (≥ 60% of the task is automatable) 18%
4 tasks
Medium exposure (≥ 35%) 56%
13 tasks
Low exposure (below 35%) 26%
7 tasks
How would you survive?
Move your week away from the high-exposure tasks and toward the ones that need judgment. The simulator recalculates the index as you shift the mix.
Simulate Upskilling →Constituent Tasks
#3925 · Core · 50% automatable
Read news flashes to inform audiences of important events.
text generation — News drafting assisted; reporting and delivery human
Report news to the public.
#3935 · Core · 45% automatable
Announce musical selections, station breaks, commercials, or public service information, and accept requests from listening audience.
interpersonal — Informing audiences is live presence and persuasion
Inform viewers, listeners, or audiences.
#3934 · Core · 20% automatable
Operate control consoles.
physical manipulation — Console operation requires live physical adjustment
Operate control consoles for sound, lighting or video.
#20887 · Core · 45% automatable
Identify stations, and introduce or close shows, ad-libbing or using memorized or read scripts.
interpersonal — Informing audiences is live presence and persuasion
Inform viewers, listeners, or audiences.
#3928 · Core · 45% automatable
Study background information to prepare for programs or interviews.
interpersonal — Reporting needs interviews, sources, field presence
Gather information for news stories.
#3924 · Core · 59% automatable
Prepare and deliver news, sports, or weather reports, gathering and rewriting material so that it will convey required information and fit specific time slots.
text generation — AI edits prose well; human owns voice and final judgment
Gather information for news stories. Edit written materials. Report news to the public.
#3937 · Core · 15% automatable
Record commercials for later broadcast.
physical manipulation — Recorded performance is embodied artistic work
Perform for recordings.
#3936 · Core · 82% automatable
Keep daily program logs to provide information on all elements aired during broadcast, such as musical selections and station promotions.
data analysis — Maintain production activity logs from inputs
Maintain logs of production activities.
#20888 · Core · 72% automatable
Develop story lines for broadcasts.
text generation — Content selection aided; audience judgment human
Determine presentation subjects or content.
#3927 · Core · 72% automatable
Select program content, in conjunction with producers and assistants, based on factors such as program specialties, audience tastes, or requests from the public.
text generation — Content selection aided; audience judgment human
Determine presentation subjects or content.
#20889 · Core · 50% automatable
Write and edit video and scripts for broadcasts.
text generation — Creative drafting aided; artistic judgment human-owned
Write material for artistic or entertainment purposes.
#3930 · Core · 25% automatable
Interview show guests about their lives, their work, or topics of current interest.
interpersonal — Journalistic interviewing requires human presence
Interview others for news or entertainment purposes.
#3929 · Core · 45% automatable
Comment on music and other matters, such as weather or traffic conditions.
interpersonal — Informing audiences is live presence and persuasion
Inform viewers, listeners, or audiences.
#3933 · Core · 55% automatable
Make promotional appearances at public or private events to represent their employers.
text generation — Promotional content drafted; human runs channels and relationships
Promote products, activities, or organizations.
#3942 · Core · 45% automatable
Provide commentary and conduct interviews during sporting events, parades, conventions, or other events.
interpersonal — Informing audiences is live presence and persuasion
Inform viewers, listeners, or audiences.
#3932 · Core · 20% automatable
Host civic, charitable, or promotional events broadcast over television or radio.
interpersonal — Hosting events requires live human presence
Host events.
#3938 · Core · 45% automatable
Locate guests to appear on talk or interview shows.
decision support — AI aids logistics planning; on-site event execution human
Coordinate logistics for productions or events.
#3940 · Core · 20% automatable
Coordinate games, contests, or other on-air competitions, performing such duties as asking questions and awarding prizes.
interpersonal — Hosting events requires live human presence
Host events.
#3941 · Core · 45% automatable
Attend press conferences to gather information for broadcast.
interpersonal — Reporting needs interviews, sources, field presence
Gather information for news stories.
#20890 · Supplemental · 82% automatable
Maintain organization of the music library.
text generation — Organize and structure informational materials
Organize informational materials.
#3931 · Supplemental · 45% automatable
Discuss various topics over the telephone with viewers or listeners.
interpersonal — Informing audiences is live presence and persuasion
Inform viewers, listeners, or audiences.
#3944 · Supplemental · 20% automatable
Moderate panels or discussion shows on topics such as current affairs, art, or education.
interpersonal — Hosting events requires live human presence
Host events.
#3943 · Supplemental · 25% automatable
Give network cues permitting selected stations to receive programs.
physical manipulation — Broadcast equipment operation is hands-on hardware work
Operate communications, transmissions, or broadcasting equipment.
#3939 · Supplemental · 55% automatable
Describe or demonstrate products that viewers may purchase through specific shows or in stores.
text generation — Promotional content drafted; human runs channels and relationships
Promote products, activities, or organizations.
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How this was scored
- 1. Tasks. O*NET task statements for this occupation, from a release whose newest record is dated 08/2026.
- 2. Work activities. Each task maps to 1–5 Detailed Work Activities; each activity belongs to one of 41 Generalized Work Activities that O*NET rates for importance (1–5) in this occupation.
- 3. Automation potential. Every work activity carries one score for how far current AI can perform it end-to-end. Tasks inherit the mean of their activities.
- 4. Weighting. Task weight = 0.35 + 0.65 × (importance − 1)/4, scaled by how often the task is performed and by 0.7 for Supplemental tasks. Importance is the task's own O*NET rating where it exists (18,369 of 18,838 tasks); the rest inherit their work activities' importance. The index is the weighted mean.
Check: across the 910 occupations where O*NET also rates how far machine speed sets the pace, this index moves opposite to it (Spearman ρ = -0.49). The more a job is paced by equipment, the less of its task content AI can address — the relationship you would expect if the scoring is working.
Sources · O*NET 31.0 (task records to 08/2026) · BLS OEWS May 2025 · BLS projections 2025-2035 · rubric v2.1 · tasks for O*NET, not a forecast
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