Jobs / Design, media, and writing / 27-2091.00
Disc Jockeys, Except Radio
Play prerecorded music for live audiences at venues or events such as clubs, parties, or wedding receptions. May use techniques such as mixing, cutting, or sampling to manipulate recordings. May also perform as emcee (master of ceremonies).
- US jobs
- 7,920
- Job family
- Design, media, and writing
Can agents do the work of disc jockeys, except radio?
We read the evidence at the level of the job family, Design, media, and writing:
- Task levelPartialOnly adjacent evidence. OSWorld-Verified includes tasks in image, slide, and document apps, and the best agent passes 90.2% of all its computer tasks. No task-level benchmark in our collection scores the quality of design or writing work.
- Project levelNot yetOn the Remote Labor Index, which includes graphic design, video, 3D, audio, and web projects from freelance platforms, the best agent completed 15.8% of projects to a standard a client would accept. GDPval deliverables score higher (84.9% wins or ties against professionals, reported by OpenAI), but those tasks are one-shot and fully specified.
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in design, media, and writing, not always this occupation's tasks.
- 1846 EloClaude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) · 23 Sep 2026Unrated
- OSWorld-Verifiedby HKU, Salesforce AI Research, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Waterloo90.2%Intelligence-Indeed Agent · 25 Jul 2026Saturated
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Operate disc jockey controller and other equipment, such as microphones.
- Communicate with clients or venue owners to determine event information, such as music preferences, scheduling, and anticipated attendance.
- Adhere to schedules to keep events running on time.
- Collect payments from customers.
- Develop written contracts for bookings.
- Assemble audio and video equipment.
- Select and play music incorporating crowd preferences and mood.
- Conduct sound checks to ensure equipment is working and appropriate for the venue.
- Create tailored playlists by aligning music with event functions.
- Listen to music before playing at events to ensure recordings are appropriate and meet quality standards.
- Organize music libraries or playlists.
- Create itemized invoices to record amounts due for services rendered.
Other job titles for this occupation (14)
DJ (Disk Jockey) · MC (Master of Ceremonies) · Mobile Disc Jockey (Mobile DJ) · Wedding Disc Jockey (Wedding DJ) · Announcer · Club DJ (Club Disc Jockey) · DJ (Disc Jockey) · DJ Assistant (Disc Jockey Assistant) · Emcee · Event DJ (Event Disc Jockey) · Event Entertainer · Event MC (Event Master of Ceremonies) · Host DJ (Host Disc Jockey) · Karaoke Host