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      "id": "learn_r1584_job_discovery_editing_and_publishing_roles_angle_boards_writers_authors",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "Writers and Authors: job_overview",
      "summary": "Writers and Authors originate and prepare written material such as scripts, stories, advertisements, and other material, and earned a 2025 median of $36.98 hourly / $76,910 annual.",
      "body": "Writers and Authors originate and prepare written material such as scripts, stories, advertisements, and other material, and earned a 2025 median of $36.98 hourly / $76,910 annual.\n\nWhat U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration actually says:\n\n“Median wages (2025) $36.98 hourly, $76,910 annual”\n\nNote: Definition verbatim: 'Originate and prepare written material, such as scripts, stories, advertisements, and other material.'",
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      "last_verified": "2026-10-05",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration",
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      "volatility": "medium",
      "from_batch": "1584-job-discovery-editing-and-publishing-roles-angle-boards",
      "subject": "Writers and Authors",
      "topic": "job_overview",
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      "applies_to_scope": "O*NET pay is U.S. national data",
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        "pay_unit": "salary_hourly",
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      },
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "choosing",
        "region": [
          "us"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "money.pricing"
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        "explicitness": "any"
      }
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    {
      "id": "learn_r1584_job_discovery_editing_and_publishing_roles_angle_boards_editors",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "Editors: job_overview",
      "summary": "Editors plan, coordinate, revise, or edit written material and may review proposals and drafts for possible publication; a related national source lists a median of $77,920 with a range of $41,250 to $153,700.",
      "body": "Editors plan, coordinate, revise, or edit written material and may review proposals and drafts for possible publication; a related national source lists a median of $77,920 with a range of $41,250 to $153,700.\n\nWhat U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration actually says:\n\n“Salary: $77,920 ... $41,250 $153,700”\n\nNote: Definition verbatim from O*NET 27-3041.00: 'Plan, coordinate, revise, or edit written material. May review proposals and drafts for possible publication.'",
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      "last_verified": "2026-10-05",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration",
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      "volatility": "medium",
      "from_batch": "1584-job-discovery-editing-and-publishing-roles-angle-boards",
      "subject": "Editors",
      "topic": "job_overview",
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      "applies_to_scope": "Salary from the My Next Move reprint of DOL O*NET data",
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        "where_to_find_work": "newspapers, magazines, publishing_companies, media_organizations",
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      },
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        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "choosing",
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          "us"
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        "topic": [
          "money.pricing"
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      "id": "learn_r1584_job_discovery_editing_and_publishing_roles_angle_boards_proofreaders_copy_markers",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "Proofreaders and Copy Markers: job_overview",
      "summary": "Proofreaders and Copy Markers read transcript or proof type setup to detect and mark grammatical, typographical, or compositional errors, and the O*NET 2025 median was $24.58 hourly / $51,120 annual.",
      "body": "Proofreaders and Copy Markers read transcript or proof type setup to detect and mark grammatical, typographical, or compositional errors, and the O*NET 2025 median was $24.58 hourly / $51,120 annual.\n\nWhat U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration actually says:\n\n“Median wages (2025) $24.58 hourly, $51,120 annual”\n\nNote: Definition verbatim: 'Read transcript or proof type setup to detect and mark for correction any grammatical, typographical, or compositional errors. Excludes workers whose primary duty is editing copy. Includes proofreaders of braille.'",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/43-9081.00",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-05",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration",
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      "volatility": "medium",
      "from_batch": "1584-job-discovery-editing-and-publishing-roles-angle-boards",
      "subject": "Proofreaders and Copy Markers",
      "topic": "job_overview",
      "applies_to_country": "Us",
      "applies_to_scope": "O*NET pay is U.S. national data",
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        "job_name": "Proofreaders and Copy Markers",
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      },
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      "id": "learn_r1584_job_discovery_editing_and_publishing_roles_angle_boards_technical_writers",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "Technical Writers: job_overview",
      "summary": "Technical Writers write technical materials such as equipment manuals, appendices, or operating and maintenance instructions; a related national source lists a median of $90,390 with a range of $57,440 to $145,270.",
      "body": "Technical Writers write technical materials such as equipment manuals, appendices, or operating and maintenance instructions; a related national source lists a median of $90,390 with a range of $57,440 to $145,270.\n\nWhat U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration actually says:\n\n“Salary: $90,390 ... $57,440 $145,270”\n\nNote: Definition verbatim from O*NET 27-3042.00: 'Write technical materials, such as equipment manuals, appendices, or operating and maintenance instructions. May assist in layout work.'",
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      "last_verified": "2026-10-05",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
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      "volatility": "medium",
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      "topic": "job_overview",
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        "stage": "choosing",
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      "id": "learn_r1584_job_discovery_editing_and_publishing_roles_angle_boards_indexer",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "Indexer: job_overview",
      "summary": "Indexers read material to determine index items and arrange them alphabetically or topically, indicating page or chapter location, a task O*NET lists under the Editors occupation.",
      "body": "Indexers read material to determine index items and arrange them alphabetically or topically, indicating page or chapter location, a task O*NET lists under the Editors occupation.\n\nWhat U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration actually says:\n\n“Read material to determine index items and arrange them alphabetically or topically, indicating page or chapter location.”\n\nNote: Recorded without pay per batch rule (could_not_verify); indexers are a named task, not a distinct O*NET occupation with its own wage series",
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