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Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations
Across the 37 of this group's 41 occupations with published Colorado employment, 40,520 Coloradans work in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations (4 more occupations have no published Colorado estimate, so the true total is somewhat higher). Weighted by those published jobs, the group's mean exposure score is 44.9 of 100, and 35.6% of the jobs are in occupations where most or a large minority of tasks overlap with AI capabilities assessed in 2023.
Public Relations Specialists; Graphic Designers; Coaches and Scouts — the largest of this group's 41 occupations in Colorado.
Every statewide figure on this page is computed directly on published BLS OEWS Colorado state data — a different basis from the county estimates elsewhere on this site, which model occupation mixes from industry mix. The one county table below is labeled accordingly.
- Published CO employment
- 40,520 across 37 of 41 occupations · OEWS 2025
- Employment-weighted mean score
- 44.9 0–100 scale · published statewide data only
- High + substantial share
- 35.6% of the group's published jobs · score ≥ 45 of 100
- CO median wages
- $43,230–$100,610 range across the 35 occupations with published medians · annual, 2025
Plate I
Tier mix within the group
How this group's 41 occupations — and its 40,520 published Colorado jobs — split across the four task-overlap tiers (cuts at 60/45/30 on the 0–100 score scale).
| Tier | Occupations | Published CO jobs | Share of published jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| high overlap | 6 | 13,250 | 32.7% |
| substantial overlap | 4 | 1,160 | 2.9% |
| some overlap | 15 | 12,730 | 31.4% |
| little overlap | 16 | 13,380 | 33.0% |
Plate II
The ten largest occupations in this group
| Occupation | Tier | Score | CO jobs | CO median wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Relations Specialists | high overlap | 78.8 | 7,410 | $80,680 |
| Graphic Designers | some overlap | 41.1 | 4,200 | $66,330 |
| Coaches and Scouts | little overlap | 14.4 | 4,120 | $47,110 |
| Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers | little overlap | 26.8 | 3,650 | $43,230 |
| Interior Designers | some overlap | 36.2 | 2,300 | $78,390 |
| Producers and Directors | some overlap | 43.7 | 1,960 | $78,060 |
| Editors | high overlap | 64.7 | 1,830 | $77,870 |
| Technical Writers | high overlap | 63.3 | 1,320 | $100,610 |
| Writers and Authors | high overlap | 77.4 | 1,300 | $76,830 |
| Photographers | little overlap | 21.9 | 1,140 | $47,070 |
Plate III
Where this work concentrates
The six counties where this group is the largest share of local jobs. These county figures are estimates — modeled from each county's industry mix, not published counts (how county estimates are built) — and a share of a small county's job base can rank above a metro county's much larger absolute employment.
| County | Est. share of county jobs | Est. group jobs | Data quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilpin | 3.8% | 180 | Heavily imputed estimate |
| Clear Creek | 2.5% | 85 | Heavily imputed estimate |
| San Miguel | 1.9% | 117 | Partially imputed estimate |
| Pitkin | 1.8% | 319 | Partially imputed estimate |
| Denver | 1.7% | 9,380 | Full |
| Boulder | 1.7% | 3,273 | Full |