AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 25-1194.00
Will AI replace Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary?
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary: AI can already handle 8 of 20 tasks; the work mostly needs a standard-tier model.
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Every task, scored
The 20 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary, from most to least exposed. 8 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.
| Task | AI exposure | Evidence | Model tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provide individualized instruction and tutorial or remedial instruction. | Observed | Efficient | |
| Observe and evaluate students' work to determine progress, provide feedback, and make suggestions for improvement. | Observed | Efficient | |
| Advise students on course selection, career decisions, and other academic and vocational concerns. | Observed | Standard | |
| Develop curricula and plan course content and methods of instruction. | Observed | Frontier | |
| Prepare reports and maintain records, such as student grades, attendance rolls, and training activity details. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Develop teaching aids, such as instructional software, multimedia visual aids, or study materials. | Observed | Standard | |
| Administer oral, written, or performance tests to measure progress and to evaluate training effectiveness. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Review enrollment applications and correspond with applicants to obtain additional information. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Conduct on-the-job training classes or training sessions to teach and demonstrate principles, techniques, procedures, or methods of designated subjects. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Participate in conferences, seminars, and training sessions to keep abreast of developments in the field, and integrate relevant information into training programs. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Arrange for lectures by experts in designated fields. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Supervise independent or group projects, field placements, laboratory work, or other training. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Determine training needs of students or workers. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Select and assemble books, materials, supplies, and equipment for training, courses, or projects. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Prepare outlines of instructional programs and training schedules and establish course goals. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Present lectures and conduct discussions to increase students' knowledge and competence using visual aids, such as graphs, charts, videotapes, and slides. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Supervise and monitor students' use of tools and equipment. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Integrate academic and vocational curricula so that students can obtain a variety of skills. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Serve on faculty and school committees concerned with budgeting, curriculum revision, and course and diploma requirements. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Acquire, maintain, and repair laboratory equipment and tools. | Estimated | Standard |
Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 5 of 20 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 15 of 20. Importance is O*NET's 1 to 5 rating of how central the task is. Model tier is the lowest tier that can do the task under the published rubric; "No tier" marks hands-on work.
The model tier this role needs
A standard-tier model or lower covers 95% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 100% of the work is something AI can address at some tier.
Efficient, standard and frontier tiers come from the JobRoute model tier reference. The recommended tier is the lowest one that covers 80% of the work AI can address. How the method works.
Wages, employment and outlook
- US employment
- 114,110
- Median annual wage
- $63,820
- Middle half of earners
- $50,320 to $82,360
- Projected change, 2024 to 2034
- +0.7%
Employment and wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Projection: BLS Employment Projections 2024 to 2034.
Adjacent roles
The occupations that reuse the most of this role's skills, with the usual time to move. These are the first places to look when you plan to redeploy or retrain people in this role.
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 85% skill overlap, about 5 months to move Exposure37
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School 76% skill overlap, about 9 months to move Exposure61
- Education Teachers, Postsecondary 74% skill overlap, about 9 months to move Exposure65
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 70% skill overlap, about 11 months to move Exposure57
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 70% skill overlap, about 11 months to move Exposure37
Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.
Questions about Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary and AI
Will AI replace Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary?
AI already handles 8 of the 20 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 53 out of 100. JobRoute scores tasks, not whole jobs, so the score shows how much of the work changes rather than whether the job disappears. BLS projects employment to change by +0.7% from 2024 to 2034.
What is the AI exposure of Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary?
53 out of 100 on JobRoute's task exposure measure, the importance-weighted average of the role's O*NET task scores. Higher means more of the work is AI-doable today. 5 of the 20 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 15 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.
Which Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary tasks can AI already do?
The tasks with the highest exposure are: Provide individualized instruction and tutorial or remedial instruction; Observe and evaluate students' work to determine progress, provide feedback, and make suggestions for improvement; Advise students on course selection, career decisions, and other academic and vocational concerns. They are three of the 8 tasks that reach 60 or more.
What AI model tier does this role need?
A standard-tier model or lower covers 95% of the role's importance-weighted task work. JobRoute assigns each task the lowest tier that can do it under a published rubric and recommends the lowest tier that covers 80% of the work AI can address.
How many people work as Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary, and what do they earn?
114,110 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $63,820 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of +0.7% from 2024 to 2034.
How to cite
Data version 2026-11-02, JobRoute method v1.0.0. Download all occupations or this occupation as JSON. Methodology.
JobRoute (2026). AI exposure: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Data version 2026-11-02, method v1.0.0. Built on O*NET 30.3, BLS OEWS May 2025 and the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026). CC BY 4.0. https://www.jobroute.ai/jobs/career-technical-education-teachers-postsecondary
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