Also called: Sketch Actor
Writes and performs short comedy scenes on stage, TV, or online.
A sketch performer writes scenes with castmates, rehearses for weeks, performs in a revue, and films sketches for YouTube or TikTok.
Approximate; rare TV cast jobs pay well.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. Training at sketch theaters.
Ways in: Self-taught, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Theater.
Growing slowly. Few TV jobs; online sketch is active.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI video makes cheap comedy content, crowding online sketches; live and TV sketch performance stays human.
Classes: Theater, Creative writing, Film/video production CTE, Speech.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-2011.
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