Finds and develops scholarly books for university presses.
Attends an academic conference to meet authors, reads a book proposal on Civil War medicine, and sends it out for expert review.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Bachelor's or master's in a humanities field.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: English, History.
Shrinking (about -2% over 10 years). Estimate.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI screens proposals and does first edits; finding authors and shaping scholarly books stay editorial taste.
Classes: AP English Language, AP Literature, AP US History.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-3041.
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