AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 27-2032.00
Will AI replace Choreographers?
Choreographers: AI can already handle 4 of 18 tasks; the work mostly needs a frontier-tier model.
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Every task, scored
The 18 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Choreographers, from most to least exposed. 4 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.
| Task | AI exposure | Evidence | Model tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teach students, dancers, and other performers about rhythm and interpretive movement. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Assess students' dancing abilities to determine where improvement or change is needed. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Restage traditional dances and works in dance companies' repertoires, developing new interpretations. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Advise dancers on standing and moving properly, teaching correct dance techniques to help prevent injuries. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Develop ideas for creating dances, keeping notes and sketches to record influences. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Coordinate production music with music directors. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Design dances for individual dancers, dance companies, musical theatre, opera, fashion shows, film, television productions, and special events, and for dancers ranging from beginners to professionals. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Design sets, lighting, costumes, and other artistic elements of productions, in collaboration with cast members. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Train, exercise, and attend dance classes to maintain high levels of technical proficiency, physical ability, and physical fitness. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Direct rehearsals to instruct dancers in dance steps and in techniques to achieve desired effects. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Direct and stage dance presentations for various forms of entertainment. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Record dance movements and their technical aspects, using a technical understanding of the patterns and formations of choreography. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Choose the music, sound effects, or spoken narrative to accompany a dance. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Experiment with different types of dancers, steps, dances, and placements, testing ideas informally to get feedback from dancers. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Seek influences from other art forms, such as theatre, the visual arts, and architecture. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Audition performers for one or more dance parts. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Read and study story lines and musical scores to determine how to translate ideas and moods into dance movements. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Manage dance schools, or assist in their management. | Estimated | Standard |
Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 0 of 18 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 18 of 18. Importance is O*NET's 1 to 5 rating of how central the task is. Model tier is the lowest tier that can do the task under the published rubric; "No tier" marks hands-on work.
The model tier this role needs
A frontier-tier model or lower covers 100% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 100% of the work is something AI can address at some tier.
Efficient, standard and frontier tiers come from the JobRoute model tier reference. The recommended tier is the lowest one that covers 80% of the work AI can address. How the method works.
Wages, employment and outlook
- US employment
- 2,860
- Median annual wage
- $55,310
- Middle half of earners
- $41,600 to $75,710
- Projected change, 2024 to 2034
- +6.1%
Employment and wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Projection: BLS Employment Projections 2024 to 2034.
Adjacent roles
The occupations that reuse the most of this role's skills, with the usual time to move. These are the first places to look when you plan to redeploy or retrain people in this role.
- Dancers 73% skill overlap, about 10 months to move Exposure34
- Music Directors and Composers 60% skill overlap, about 14 months to move Exposure40
- Producers and Directors 55% skill overlap, about 16 months to move Exposure44
- Actors 55% skill overlap, about 16 months to move Exposure69
- Talent Directors 54% skill overlap, about 16 months to move Exposure61
Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.
Questions about Choreographers and AI
Will AI replace Choreographers?
AI already handles 4 of the 18 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 42 out of 100. JobRoute scores tasks, not whole jobs, so the score shows how much of the work changes rather than whether the job disappears. BLS projects employment to change by +6.1% from 2024 to 2034.
What is the AI exposure of Choreographers?
42 out of 100 on JobRoute's task exposure measure, the importance-weighted average of the role's O*NET task scores. Higher means more of the work is AI-doable today. 0 of the 18 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 18 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.
Which Choreographers tasks can AI already do?
The tasks with the highest exposure are: Teach students, dancers, and other performers about rhythm and interpretive movement; Assess students' dancing abilities to determine where improvement or change is needed; Restage traditional dances and works in dance companies' repertoires, developing new interpretations. They are three of the 4 tasks that reach 60 or more.
What AI model tier does this role need?
A frontier-tier model or lower covers 100% of the role's importance-weighted task work. JobRoute assigns each task the lowest tier that can do it under a published rubric and recommends the lowest tier that covers 80% of the work AI can address.
How many people work as Choreographers, and what do they earn?
2,860 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $55,310 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of +6.1% from 2024 to 2034.
How to cite
Data version 2026-11-02, JobRoute method v1.0.0. Download all occupations or this occupation as JSON. Methodology.
JobRoute (2026). AI exposure: Choreographers. Data version 2026-11-02, method v1.0.0. Built on O*NET 30.3, BLS OEWS May 2025 and the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026). CC BY 4.0. https://www.jobroute.ai/jobs/choreographers
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