Headline risk
21%
Moderate RiskTeaching assistants, except postsecondary
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
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Occupation profile
No O*NET description published.
Task evidence
Task primitive coverage is not published for this occupation.
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United States Now
Median Wage
USD 35,240
Employment 2024
1422.8K
Projected Change (2024–34)
-1.5%
Openings (2024–34)
170.4K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Employment of teacher assistants is projected to grow 1 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Role Profile
Requirements
Worker profile
Median age 38.0 · 1.5M employed
Under 25: 21% · 25–54: 59% · 55+: 19%
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Source coverage
6/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
major_group_fallback · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Teacher assistants work with a licensed teacher to give students additional attention and instruction.
Teacher assistants typically work in schools, at childcare centers, and for religious organizations. Most work full time, although part-time work is common. They generally do not work during the summer.
To enter the occupation, teacher assistants typically need to have completed at least 2 years of college coursework.
The median annual wage for teacher assistants was $35,240 in May 2024.
Employment of teacher assistants 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.