Also called: Content Creator, YouTuber, TikToker
Builds an audience online and earns money from brand deals, ads, and selling products.
You film three videos, edit them, answer comments, and negotiate a sponsorship with a snack brand. It's entrepreneurship: you are the product, the brand, and the business.
Extremely variable: most creators earn little; a small fraction earn six or seven figures.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. No education required; skills, consistency, and audience matter.
Ways in: Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Communications, Film, Marketing.
Growing faster than average. The creator economy keeps growing, but competition is intense.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI-made creators and cheap AI video flood every platform; real personalities can stand out, but few earn a living.
Age 14+. One way to start: Pick a niche and post short videos regularly on TikTok, YouTube or Instagram (13+ with a parent's OK)
Classes: Video production, Theater, English Language Arts, Business elective.
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