Will AI replace Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School?
AI reaches some of this job’s work, but most of it stays with people.
33/100
Moderate exposure
More exposed to AI than 50% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 17% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 55% of the work
What the job involves
Teach occupational, vocational, career, or technical subjects to students at the secondary school level.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Already happening(6)
- Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
- Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.
- Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
- Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate students' progress.
- Prepare objectives and outlines for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or requirements of states and schools.
and 1 more
Within reach(13)
- Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
- Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to students.
- Instruct students in the knowledge and skills required in a specific occupation or occupational field, using a systematic plan of lectures, discussions, audio-visual presentations, and laboratory, shop, and field studies.
- Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulations.
- Assign and grade class work and homework.
and 8 more
Out of reach(14)
- Prepare materials and classroom for class activities.
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.
- Guide and counsel students with adjustments, academic problems, or special academic interests.
- Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injury and damage.
- Prepare students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
and 9 more
Also called
Business Education Teacher · Electronics Teacher · Industrial Arts Teacher · Cosmetology Teacher · Technology Education Teacher · Welding Instructor · Agriculture Education Instructor · Agriculture Teacher
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics