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Adobe Photoshop

Skill in demand · Lightcast

Adobe Photoshop is a specialized skill in the Lightcast Open Skills taxonomy — the vocabulary employers use to describe what work requires. It maps to 71 occupations that together employ about 9,972,010 workers, with a median wage of $64,280. Its reach across the occupation map is moderate. The occupations that use it sit, on average, at the 66th percentile of AI task-exposure ( moderate) — a measure of how much the work overlaps with what AI can do, not of the skill's value. See where every skill sits.

This page is built from a crosswalk that maps each occupation's O*NET knowledge, skill, and ability requirements to the named Lightcast skill — it reflects which jobs require the skill, not a direct count of job postings. Employment and pay are BLS OEWS national figures for the occupations, not for the skill itself.

Occupations that need this skill

Occupations whose O*NET requirements map to Adobe Photoshop, ranked by employment. Wage and employment are BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024).

Occupation Workers Median pay
Retail Salespersons 3,800,250 $34,580
Project Management Specialists 1,006,160 $100,750
Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians 455,940 $62,970
Web Administrators 439,380 $108,970
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 385,000 $57,770
Self-Enrichment Teachers 308,520 $45,590
Public Relations Specialists 280,590 $69,780
Graphic Designers 214,260 $61,300
Helpers--Production Workers 167,490 $38,220
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary 155,010 $44,930
Producers and Directors 145,270 $83,480
Printing Press Operators 145,110 $45,160
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 131,830 $64,320
Video Game Designers 111,400 $98,090
Web and Digital Interface Designers 111,400 $98,090
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 111,140 $96,690
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 110,790 $93,580
Police Identification and Records Officers 110,790 $93,580
Architectural and Civil Drafters 109,550 $64,280
Advertising Sales Agents 97,470 $61,460
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 96,950 $49,390
Editors 95,480 $75,260
Library Assistants, Clerical 80,070 $36,010
Biological Technicians 76,190 $52,000
Public Relations Managers 76,060 $138,520
Library Technicians 73,770 $39,970
Interior Designers 69,580 $63,490
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing 63,350 $40,440
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 59,590 $78,270
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 56,720 $51,940
Technical Writers 55,530 $91,670
Photographers 51,230 $42,520
Art Directors 50,370 $111,040
Real Estate Brokers 49,590 $72,280
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers 47,800 $72,270
Writers and Authors 47,800 $72,270
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists 41,550 $60,280
Brokerage Clerks 40,090 $62,940
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors 36,260 $59,950
Commercial and Industrial Designers 30,250 $79,450
Film and Video Editors 28,860 $70,980
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer 24,740 $39,020
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film 24,460 $68,810
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers 23,420 $49,140
Prepress Technicians and Workers 23,070 $47,300
Special Effects Artists and Animators 21,280 $99,800
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 21,170 $77,010
Fashion Designers 20,910 $80,690
Landscape Architects 19,580 $79,660
Art Therapists 19,320 $65,010
Athletes and Sports Competitors 14,370 $62,360
Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes 14,220 $96,310
Museum Technicians and Conservators 13,070 $47,460
Sound Engineering Technicians 13,050 $66,430
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists 12,790 $78,380
Set and Exhibit Designers 10,850 $66,280
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators 10,000 $60,560
Dancers 9,060 —
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers 8,470 $40,860
Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment 7,310 $82,730
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 40 occupations in occupations that need Adobe Photoshop. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Helpers--Production Workers Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment Printing Press Operators Art Therapists Office Machine Operators, Except Computer Biological Technicians Detectives and Criminal Investigators Museum Technicians and Conservators Library Assistants, Clerical Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film Producers and Directors Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary Special Effects Artists and Animators Landscape Architects Commercial and Industrial Designers Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Art Directors AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that need Adobe Photoshop, by AI task-overlap and median pay

How this skill maps to occupations

The O*NET attribute types that bridge to this Lightcast skill, and how many of the mapped occupations each accounts for.

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Datasets behind 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.

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Plain

Singulariki. "Adobe Photoshop." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/adobe-photoshop

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Adobe Photoshop. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/adobe-photoshop

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  title  = {Adobe Photoshop},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/adobe-photoshop}
}

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