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Adobe Photoshop

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Adobe Photoshop is a hot technology software tool tracked in the Graphics or photo imaging software category of O*NET's Technology Skills file. It appears in the technology profile of 144 occupations that together employ about 35,851,680 workers, with a median wage of $76,105. O*NET flags it as a hot technology — a skill frequently requested in job postings.

Across the occupations that use it, the work is 77th 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 Photoshop, 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
Retail Salespersons 3,800,250 $34,580
General and Operations Managers 3,584,420 $102,950
Customer Service Representatives 2,725,930 $42,830
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 1,737,820 $46,290
Software Developers 1,654,440 $133,080
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 1,266,860 $66,780
Online Merchants 1,128,200 $81,270
Sustainability Specialists 1,128,200 $81,270
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 1,113,160 $47,320
Project Management Specialists 1,006,160 $100,750
Human Resources Specialists 917,460 $72,910
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 861,140 $76,950
Search Marketing Strategists 861,140 $76,950
Computer User Support Specialists 697,210 $60,340
Computer Systems Analysts 497,800 $103,790
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 472,770 $74,260
Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians 455,940 $62,970
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 439,380 $108,970
Document Management Specialists 439,380 $108,970
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians 439,380 $108,970
Information Technology Project Managers 439,380 $108,970
Web Administrators 439,380 $108,970
Training and Development Specialists 436,610 $65,850
Government Property Inspectors and Investigators 397,770 $78,420
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 385,000 $57,770
Marketing Managers 384,980 $161,030
Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists 350,230 $101,140
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 342,350 $65,140
Self-Enrichment Teachers 308,520 $45,590
Automotive Engineers 286,760 $102,320
Public Relations Specialists 280,590 $69,780
Industrial Production Managers 234,380 $121,440
Graphic Designers 214,260 $61,300
Chief Sustainability Officers 211,850 $206,420
Instructional Coordinators 210,850 $74,720
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 199,800 $102,610
Helpers--Production Workers 167,490 $38,220
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 162,780 $69,590
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 156,300 $100,590
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary 155,010 $44,930
Microsystems Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Media Programming Directors 145,270 $83,480
Media Technical Directors/Managers 145,270 $83,480
Producers and Directors 145,270 $83,480
Printing Press Operators 145,110 $45,160
Energy Auditors 137,210 $72,120
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 134,670 $59,440
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
Computer Programmers 109,870 $98,670
Architectural and Civil Drafters 109,550 $64,280
Natural Sciences Managers 100,870 $161,180
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 97,890 $80,190
Advertising Sales Agents 97,470 $61,460
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 96,950 $49,390
Editors 95,480 $75,260
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 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 Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Printing Press Operators Detectives and Criminal Investigators Energy Auditors First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers Industrial Production Managers Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners General and Operations Managers Producers and Directors Retail Salespersons Government Property Inspectors and Investigators Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors Natural Sciences Managers AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that use Adobe Photoshop, by AI task-overlap and median pay

Related tools

Other software in the Graphics or photo imaging 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 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/software/adobe-photoshop

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

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