Content Moderator
🧹Reviews posts, comments and videos on platforms and removes what's banned: violence, scams, harassment. Works shifts by the rulebook, sometimes with disturbing content.
Prospects & pay
What the work is like
💼 Job market
🇺🇸 $57.1k a year on average
Miscellaneous office & administrative support workers, including desktop publishers — US: Census ACS 2020–24 (full-time), BLS projections 2025–35
🇬🇧 £28.2k median a year · 398,000 jobs
Other administrative occupations n.e.c. — UK: ONS ASHE 2025 (full-time)
🤖 AI & automation
Neural networks already do most moderation; people review borderline cases. Mass hiring is shrinking; experts in complex policy remain.
Who it suits
Interests: 📱 Media, content, advertising, ⚖️ Law and justice, 🗂️ Order, paperwork, systems, 🛡️ Protecting, rescuing, serving.
Key strengths: attention to detail, organisation.
Where to study
- Course On-the-job training at a platform or outsourcing firm
Key school subjects (A-level / IB / AP): English Literature, Languages.
🧗 No qualifications required; training is on the job, often via outsourcing firms. Extra languages help. Be aware the work can be psychologically tough and needs support.
Things to know
🌙 Night shifts and on-call🕯️ Grief, death, hard life stories🪑 Sitting at a computer all day
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