Can AI Replace Audio and Video Technicians in 2026?

Moderate exposure. AI could handle about 62% of today's audio and video technicians tasks by 2036, and there is a 40% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI is likely to take over many tasks outright.

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Timeline

Year2030

Tasks AI can do

33%

Headcount (2025 = 100)

Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs

15% 2030 · 40% 2036

One person could cover, 2036

2 roles

Share of today's tasks AI can perform

Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line)

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Lower-risk jobs that use similar skills

Lighting Technicians11% risk by 2036 Motion Picture Projectionists7% risk by 2036 Costume Attendants8% risk by 2036

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Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Maintain inventories of audio and videotapes and related supplies".Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Compress, digitize, duplicate, and store audio and video data".Get visibly better at your human core: "Notify supervisors when major equipment repairs are needed".Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output.Read about a lower-risk move: Lighting Technicians.

Lower-risk jobs with similar tasks

Lighting Technicians — 11% chance of contraction by 2036
Motion Picture Projectionists — 7% chance of contraction by 2036
Costume Attendants — 8% chance of contraction by 2036

Similar occupations

Broadcast Technicians · Media Technical Directors/Managers · Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film · Sound Engineering Technicians

Based on 29 O*NET tasks for "Audio and Video Technicians" (SOC 27-4011.00). LLM alone: 13% of tasks; with AI tools: 75%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10