Headline risk
3%
Very Low RiskCareer/technical education teachers, secondary school
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
Teach occupational, vocational, career, or technical subjects to students at the secondary school level.
Task evidence
98% weighted task match · 17% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 63,910
Employment 2024
103.4K
Projected Change (2024–34)
-1.8%
Openings (2024–34)
6.2K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Overall employment of career and technical education teachers is projected to grow 1 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations. AI use: 0%
- 2. Prepare materials and classroom for class activities. AI use: 0%
- 3. Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students. AI use: 0%
- 4. Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health. AI use: 94%
- 5. Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to students. AI use: 0%
- 6. 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. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 43.4 · 790K employed
Under 25: 4% · 25–54: 75% · 55+: 22%
Related
No direct US role match is available yet for this occupation.
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
crosswalk_exact · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Career and technical education teachers instruct students in various technical and vocational subjects, such as auto repair, healthcare, and culinary arts.
Most career and technical education teachers work in middle, high, and postsecondary schools, such as 2-year colleges. Others work in technical, trade, and business schools. Although they generally work during school hours, some teach evening or weekend classes.
Career and technical education teachers typically need at least a bachelor’s degree and work experience in the subject that they teach. Public school teachers may be required to have a state-issued teaching certification or license.
The median annual wage for career and technical education teachers was $62,910 in May 2024.
Overall employment of career and technical education teachers is projected to grow 1 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.