Podcaster
Impact: Informational, Entertaining
Creates, produces, and hosts audio content in a serialized format, often distributed online. This involves conceptualizing show ideas, scripting, recording, editing, and promoting episodes to an audience.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Moderate
- Team vs solo
- Solo
- Client facing
- Sometimes
- Impact visibility
- High
- Travel
- Low
- Schedule flexibility
- Very Flexible
- Remote work
- Fully Remote
- Typical work hours
- 40
- Stress level
- Moderate
At a glance
- Median salary
- $60,000
- Entry-level
- $35,000
- Senior
- $120,000
- Growth by 2033
- 18%
- Demand
- Growing Fast
- Freelance potential
- High
- Salary growth potential
- High
- Typical student debt
- $15,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Audio Editing
- Content Strategy
- Marketing
Soft skills
- Creativity
- Communication
- Adaptability
Technical complexity: Moderate
How to get there
- Minimum education
- High School Diploma
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 5
- Years to senior
- 10
- Career switching
- Easy
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Senior Podcaster, Content Director, Media Producer
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 15%
- AI disruption risk
- Moderate
- Demand trend
- Growing Fast
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 4/10
- Meaning
- 4.5/10
- Work-life balance
- 4/10
- Prestige
- 6.5/10
- Social perception
- High