Also called: Trust and Safety Associate
Reviews posts, videos, and comments to remove content that breaks platform rules.
A content moderator reviews hundreds of flagged posts a day, decides what breaks the rules, and escalates serious threats. It can be emotionally demanding.
Approximate; often contract jobs.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. No degree required; training provided.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Communications, Psychology.
Shrinking. AI moderation increasingly replaces human review.
High risk for 10 years. AI now screens most posts and videos automatically; humans handle appeals and the hardest cases, so jobs shrink.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to moderation contractors (TaskUs, Teleperformance, Accenture) for content moderator roles
Classes: English, Psychology, Computer applications, Foreign language.
Official data: O*NET occupation 43-9199.
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