Ainxiety | Independent Writers and Authors

Independent Writers and Authors

# 1766 overall · better than -15.0% of other industries

3.8/5Moderate Risk
AInxiety Score™

2/5

Complexity

2/5

Workforce Flexibility

3/5

Data Intensity

4/5

Capex Requirements

4/5

Adaptability

5/5

Regulatory Compliance

Independent writers and authors combine unique creative processes with tasks that can benefit from AI tools. While significant portions of their work are creative and personalized, they also embrace digital platforms that allow AI enhancements. The industry has minimal regulatory barriers and low capital investments, making it prone to AI disruption, especially in less creative tasks.

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Risk composition of jobs in this industry

0 jobs in Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers

8.2%

5,250

1.4Writers and Authors

5.5%

29,960

3.4Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers

5.0%

3,250

1.5General and Operations Managers

4.5%

2,900

0.5Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators

4.0%

2,570

2.2Disc Jockeys, Except Radio

3.1%

1,970

4.2Office Clerks, General

2.4%

13,310

1.2Coaches and Scouts

2.4%

13,110

0.5Athletes and Sports Competitors

2.3%

1,500

0.8Craft Artists

2.3%

1,500

1.5Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other

2.2%

1,430

3.8Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

2.1%

1,390

3.8Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive

1.9%

1,190

2.7Lighting Technicians

1.4%

7,360

3.9Fast Food and Counter Workers

1.1%

690

2.2Project Management Specialists

1.1%

690

0.5Musicians and Singers

1.0%

650

2.8Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel

1.0%

620

2.5Graphic Designers

0.9%

610

1.8Self-Enrichment Teachers

0.8%

530

2.1Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners

0.8%

4,470

1.0Music Directors and Composers

0.8%

510

2.3Special Effects Artists and Animators

0.8%

4,290

1.5Managers, All Other

0.8%

4,150

1.5Dancers

0.7%

450

2.8Business Operations Specialists, All Other

0.7%

3,680

3.3Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers

0.6%

3,210

3.8Parking Attendants

0.6%

3,110

1.5Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials

0.6%

3,080

2.8First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services

0.5%

310

1.2Artists and Related Workers, All Other

0.5%

310

3.3Retail Salespersons

0.5%

290

1.8Public Relations Specialists

0.4%

280

1.5Art Directors

0.4%

2,360

2.8Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics

0.4%

270

2.6Technical Writers

0.4%

270

1.2Museum Technicians and Conservators

0.4%

260

3.1Bartenders

0.4%

250

2.7Sound Engineering Technicians

0.3%

230

3.8Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners

0.3%

220

0.5Chief Executives

0.3%

210

2.6First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

0.3%

210

2.8Web and Digital Interface Designers

0.3%

1,770

1.5First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers

0.3%

200

2.2Carpenters

0.3%

190

4.8Data Entry Keyers

0.3%

1,570

3.9Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers

0.3%

180

4.3Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks

0.3%

1,530

3.2Gambling Dealers

0.3%

170

2.8Maintece and Repair Workers, General

0.3%

1,480

1.0Athletic Trainers

0.3%

1,490

3.5Cooks, Restaurant

0.3%

1,490

3.0Facilities Managers

0.3%

160

2.0Designers, All Other

0.3%

1,350

2.2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

0.2%

150

3.3Customer Service Representatives

0.2%

150

3.9Stockers and Order Fillers

0.2%

1,260

0.3Choreographers

0.2%

140

3.2Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

0.2%

1,130

2.8Sales and Related Workers, All Other

0.2%

130

1.5Fundraisers

0.2%

1,090

2.1Public Relations Managers

0.2%

120

3.6Waiters and Waitresses

0.2%

120

3.2Receptionists and Information Clerks

0.2%

1,010

2.8Administrative Services Managers

0.2%

4,720

2.3Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics

0.2%

950

2.2First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers

0.2%

910

2.4Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop

0.2%

940

1.7Fundraising Managers

0.2%

100

2.2Financial Managers

0.2%

110

2.5Human Resources Specialists

0.2%

890

1.7Training and Development Specialists

0.1%

100

2.5Marketing Managers

0.1%

100

3.8Cashiers

0.1%

100

2.3Software Developers

0.1%

820

3.2Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners

0.1%

800

3.7Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants

0.1%

830

1.7Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors

0.1%

3,720

2.5Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians

0.1%

760

3.7Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers

0.1%

3.8Computer Programmers

0.1%

700

0.5Emergency Medical Technicians

0.1%

690

3.8Food Preparation Workers

0.1%

2.0Riggers

0.1%

2.0Installation, Maintece, and Repair Workers, All Other

0.1%

1.1Animal Trainers

0.1%

3.3Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other

0.1%

2.1Financial Specialists, All Other

0.1%

2.3Computer Occupations, All Other

0.1%

570

3.8Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners

0.1%

590

1.8Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other

0.1%

590

2.0Chefs and Head Cooks

0.1%

580

4.7Dishwashers

0.1%

600

3.1Network and Computer Systems Administrators

0.1%

620

1.5Human Resources Managers

0.1%

600

1.4Lawyers

0.1%

2,730

0.8Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education

0.1%

3.2Light Truck Drivers

0.1%

2.8Security Guards

0.1%

530

2.8Automotive Body and Related Repairers

0.1%

520

2.5Concierges

0.1%

Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators

0.1%

2.8First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers

0.1%

500

2.8First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers

0.1%

500

2.5First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers

0.1%

470

3.0Demonstrators and Product Promoters

0.1%

470

3.2First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers

0.1%

470

3.7Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other

0.1%

500

2.2Education Administrators, All Other

0.1%

500

2.6Food Service Managers

0.1%

510

2.2Instructional Coordinators

0.1%

2,250

2.0Personal Service Managers, All Other

0.1%

1.5Recreation Workers

0.1%

3.0Logisticians

0.1%

2.3Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products

0.1%

440

2.1Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products

0.1%

430

2.6First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers

0.1%

450

2.0Tutors

0.1%

1,940

1.8First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other

0.1%

4.0Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

0.1%

3.9Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers

0.1%

3.0Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

0.1%

1.8Advertising and Promotions Managers

0.1%

2.5First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers

0.1%

370

2.8Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other

0.1%

380

3.2Gambling Cage Workers

0.1%

380

3.8Food Servers, Nonrestaurant

0.1%

390

2.5Mechanical Engineers

0.1%

380

2.6Librarians and Media Collections Specialists

0.1%

1,670

4.0Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment

0.1%

2.5Archivists

0.1%

2.6Broadcast Technicians

0.1%

1.7Costume Attendants

0.1%

1.5Sales Managers

0.1%

340

1.0Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers

0.1%

320

1.0Protective Service Workers, All Other

0.1%

310

3.7Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other

0.1%

340

3.5Web Developers

0.1%

1,420

3.8Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants

0.1%

2.0Computer and Information Systems Managers

0.1%

3.8Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

0.1%

260

1.5First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers

0.1%

260

1.8Fashion Designers

0.1%

280

3.5Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks

0.1%

290

3.0Database Administrators

0.1%

300

2.8Data Scientists

0.1%

270

1.2Curators

0.1%

1,240

2.0Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels

0.1%

1,360

2.1Maintece Workers, Machinery

0.0%

230

1.5Teaching Assistants, Special Education

0.0%

230

4.2Motion Picture Projectionists

0.0%

210

1.5Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists

0.0%

220

2.5Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators

0.0%

220

3.8Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria

0.0%

240

3.8Cooks, Short Order

0.0%

220

3.0Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping

0.0%

190

4.5Information and Record Clerks, All Other

0.0%

220

1.8Training and Development Managers

0.0%

160

2.7Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers

0.0%

140

2.5Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers

0.0%

140

2.5Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers

0.0%

140

1.3Social and Community Service Managers

0.0%

190

2.7Compliance Officers

0.0%

140

3.0Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity

0.0%

160

2.3Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators

0.0%

190

3.7Counter and Rental Clerks

0.0%

160

1.0Physical Therapists

0.0%

180

3.8Cooks, Fast Food

0.0%

160

3.8Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service

0.0%

160

2.4Financial and Investment Analysts

0.0%

180

2.5Computer Systems Analysts

0.0%

170

2.8Computer Network Support Specialists

0.0%

160

2.8Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

0.0%

160

2.7Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers

0.0%

150

1.2Teachers and Instructors, All Other

0.0%

780

1.5Skincare Specialists

0.0%

870

3.3Baggage Porters and Bellhops

0.0%

680

2.7Lodging Managers

0.0%

130

1.2Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners

0.0%

2.8First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers

0.0%

110

3.8Machinists

0.0%

120

4.1Sewing Machine Operators

0.0%

120

3.2Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators

0.0%

110

2.3Commercial Pilots

0.0%

Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators

0.0%

140

2.0Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

0.0%

3.0Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists

0.0%

100

0.7Childcare Workers

0.0%

110

3.8Parts Salespersons

0.0%

140

1.7Dietitians and Nutritionists

0.0%

0.5Physicians, All Other

0.0%

120

3.8Parking Enforcement Workers

0.0%

3.5Procurement Clerks

0.0%

110

3.5Financial Clerks, All Other

0.0%

4.0Order Clerks

0.0%

1.5Information Security Analysts

0.0%

2.8Computer Network Architects

0.0%

120

2.3Engineers, All Other

0.0%

2.2Compensation and Benefits Managers

0.0%

1.6Architectural and Engineering Managers

0.0%

110

2.0Gambling Managers

0.0%

130

1.7Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary

0.0%

540

1.5Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other

0.0%

450

2.2Motorboat Operators

0.0%

480

2.3First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers

0.0%

380

3.2Manicurists and Pedicurists

0.0%

490

3.8Bill and Account Collectors

0.0%

620

2.0Soil and Plant Scientists

0.0%

530

1.8Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists

0.0%

420

1.7Social and Human Service Assistants

0.0%

540

3.6Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation

0.0%

550

3.6Bakers

0.0%

4.0Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

0.0%

2.5Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers

0.0%

3.8Helpers--Installation, Maintece, and Repair Workers

0.0%

4.1Printing Press Operators

0.0%

4.3Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers

0.0%

3.0Sewers, Hand

0.0%

3.9Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers

0.0%

3.8Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

0.0%

4.5Packers and Packagers, Hand

0.0%

1.8Labor Relations Specialists

0.0%

3.2Grounds Maintece Workers, All Other

0.0%

4.2Material Moving Workers, All Other

0.0%

3.2Helpers--Carpenters

0.0%

0.7Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance

0.0%

4.0Travel Agents

0.0%

1.3Veterinarians

0.0%

0.2Paramedics

0.0%

1.5Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other

0.0%

0.5Massage Therapists

0.0%

0.3Firefighters

0.0%

3.1Cooks, All Other

0.0%

1.5Commercial and Industrial Designers

0.0%

4.6Telemarketers

0.0%

4.7File Clerks

0.0%

3.8Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks

0.0%

4.0Couriers and Messengers

0.0%

3.7Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance

0.0%

3.0Budget Analysts

0.0%

2.5Database Architects

0.0%

3.5Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

0.0%

3.2Operations Research Analysts

0.0%

3.7Statisticians

0.0%

1.5Aerospace Engineers

0.0%

2.7Industrial Engineers

0.0%

3.3Statistical Assistants

0.0%

3.2Purchasing Managers

0.0%

3.0Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers

0.0%

1.6Construction Managers

0.0%

2.7Occupational Health and Safety Specialists

0.0%

1.1Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other

0.0%

3.2Paralegals and Legal Assistants

0.0%

280

3.0Driver/Sales Workers

0.0%

270

2.5Sailors and Marine Oilers

0.0%

130

3.1Library Technicians

0.0%

220

2.8Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers

0.0%

290

2.0Interpreters and Translators

0.0%

140

1.3Registered Nurses

0.0%

200

1.3Veterinary Technologists and Technicians

0.0%

180

2.0Passenger Attendants

0.0%

210

2.7Forest and Conservation Workers

0.0%

360

2.7Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers

0.0%

260

2.8Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment

0.0%

310

2.2Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists

0.0%

200

2.0Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines

0.0%

240

2.2Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers

0.0%

250

3.3Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan

0.0%

200

1.7Conservation Scientists

0.0%

190

1.7Astronomers

0.0%

200

1.8Anthropologists and Archeologists

0.0%

140

2.4Biological Technicians

0.0%

240

2.8Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other

0.0%

350

1.7Health Education Specialists

0.0%

360

0.9Community Health Workers

0.0%

130

1.5Substitute Teachers, Short-Term

0.0%

170

1.2Healthcare Support Workers, All Other

0.0%

320

3.8Building Cleaning Workers, All Other

0.0%

200

1.3Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare

0.0%

350

1.2Natural Sciences Managers

0.0%

250

2.3Industrial Machinery Mechanics

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