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Adobe After Effects

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Adobe After Effects is a hot technology software tool tracked in the Video creation and editing software category of O*NET's Technology Skills file. It appears in the technology profile of 41 occupations that together employ about 7,211,620 workers, with a median wage of $75,260. O*NET flags it as a hot technology — a skill frequently requested in job postings.

Across the occupations that use it, the work is 87th percentile for AI task-exposure (High) — how much of what those jobs do overlaps with what today's AI can attempt. That measures the exposure of the work, not the value of the tool or any sign it is being replaced. See where every tool category sits →

Occupations that use this tool

Occupations whose O*NET technology profile lists Adobe After Effects, ranked by employment. Wage and employment are BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024) and describe the occupation, not an individual or the tool's own market.

Occupation Workers Median pay
Software Developers 1,654,440 $133,080
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 861,140 $76,950
Insurance Sales Agents 469,480 $60,370
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians 439,380 $108,970
Training and Development Specialists 436,610 $65,850
Marketing Managers 384,980 $161,030
Public Relations Specialists 280,590 $69,780
Industrial Production Managers 234,380 $121,440
Graphic Designers 214,260 $61,300
Instructional Coordinators 210,850 $74,720
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 199,800 $102,610
Computer Network Architects 177,010 $130,390
Media Technical Directors/Managers 145,270 $83,480
Producers and Directors 145,270 $83,480
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
Architectural and Civil Drafters 109,550 $64,280
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 97,890 $80,190
Editors 95,480 $75,260
Web Developers 78,860 $90,930
Public Relations Managers 76,060 $138,520
Audio and Video Technicians 70,080 $54,830
Photographers 51,230 $42,520
Art Directors 50,370 $111,040
Writers and Authors 47,800 $72,270
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists 41,550 $60,280
Mechanical Drafters 39,900 $68,510
Fundraising Managers 36,920 $123,480
Commercial and Industrial Designers 30,250 $79,450
Film and Video Editors 28,860 $70,980
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film 24,460 $68,810
Special Effects Artists and Animators 21,280 $99,800
Advertising and Promotions Managers 21,100 $126,960
Broadcast Technicians 21,080 $53,920
Art Therapists 19,320 $65,010
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 11,480 $101,390
Set and Exhibit Designers 10,850 $66,280
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators 10,000 $60,560
Proofreaders and Copy Markers 5,160 $49,210
Desktop Publishers 4,000 $53,620
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 use Adobe After Effects. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Art Therapists Broadcast Technicians Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film Industrial Production Managers Photographers Producers and Directors Special Effects Artists and Animators Commercial and Industrial Designers Art Directors Marketing Managers Librarians and Media Collections Specialists Instructional Coordinators Proofreaders and Copy Markers Web Developers AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that use Adobe After Effects, by AI task-overlap and median pay

Related tools

Other software in the Video creation and editing software category.

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.

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Singulariki. "Adobe After Effects." 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/software/adobe-after-effects

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