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Edit written materials or documents

Work activity · O*NET

Edit written materials or documents is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Making Decisions and Solving Problems. 20 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Edit written materials
  • Edit documents

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 95.2% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 52.4% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 71.7% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 93rd pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Editors 6
Technical Writers 3
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 2
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 2
Historians 2
Management Analysts 2
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists 2
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers 2
Producers and Directors 2
Writers and Authors 2
Archivists 1
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys 1
Fundraising Managers 1
Graphic Designers 1
Instructional Coordinators 1
Interpreters and Translators 1
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Public Relations Managers 1
Public Relations Specialists 1
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners 1
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 20 occupations in occupations that perform Edit written materials or documents.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners Producers and Directors Fundraising Managers Archivists Graphic Designers Public Relations Managers Instructional Coordinators Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys Management Analysts Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary Technical Writers Public Relations Specialists AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Edit written materials or documents., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Edit written materials or documents." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/edit-written-materials-or-documents

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Edit written materials or documents. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/edit-written-materials-or-documents

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-edit-written-materials-or-documents,
  title  = {Edit written materials or documents},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/edit-written-materials-or-documents}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.