Headline risk
21%
Moderate RiskStartup CTO
This page reuses the same role shell as Singapore, but the component occupations are mapped onto the United States layer so the score, context, and support bundle reflect US public evidence.
Why this score
69% of tasks overlap with current AI
59% human advantage from judgment & presence
57% demand buffer from the local labour market
These factors combine multiplicatively — larger bars do not mean proportionally larger contributions to the final score.
Weighted overlap across component occupations
Human coordination and physical presence protection
Blended local-market buffer for this role
Component coverage and mapping quality
Workflow profile
Heuristic workflow context blended from the role mix. This explains the score; it is not used as a direct local-market forecast.
Workflow dimensions (0 = low, 1 = high)
United States support
Evidence bundle
Weighted task overlap from O*NET statements and Anthropic penetration
Median annual wage from BLS OEWS
Employment projections and openings from BLS
Preparation and entry requirements from O*NET and BLS
Support snapshot
Job zone
4The occupation usually needs substantial preparation and experience.
Median wage
USD 56,270USD 45,310 to USD 72,690
Openings
5.5K-2.5% projected change
Median age
47.11.1M employed
Occupation profile
Plan, direct, or coordinate academic or nonacademic activities of preschools or childcare centers and programs, including before- and after-school care.
Job Zone 4 · Moderate preparation
The occupation usually needs substantial preparation and experience.
Task primitives
Matched task weight share: 100% · Effective coverage: 14%
Concentration: 26%
Wage context
Median annual
USD 56,270
Mean annual
USD 62,640
Hourly median: USD 27
Employment: 71,620 workers
10th percentile: USD 37,060
90th percentile: USD 96,400
Demand outlook
2024 employment
90.2K
2034 employment
87.9K
Openings: 5.5K
Projected change: -2.5%
Education: Bachelor's degree
Work experience: Less than 5 years
On-the-job training: None
Median wage in projections: USD 56,270
Employment of preschool and childcare center directors is projected to grow 3 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Requirements and friction
Telework: <5% · Telework: >95% · Adaptability: Work schedule variability: 32.5%
Narrative and skills
Preschool and childcare center directors supervise and lead their staffs, design program plans, oversee daily activities, and prepare budgets.
Preschool and childcare center directors work primarily in child daycare services. Most work full time, and some work more than 40 hours per week.
A bachelor’s degree and experience in early childhood education are typically required to become a preschool and childcare center director. However, educational requirements vary. Additionally, some employers require these directors to have a nationally recognized credential.
The median annual wage for preschool and childcare center directors was $56,270 in May 2024.
Employment of preschool and childcare center directors is projected to grow 3 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Jobs: 90,200
Median pay: USD 56,270
Employment outlook: Employment of preschool and childcare center directors is projected to grow 3 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Openings: -2,300
Tasks and tools
- 1. Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities and policies and students' behavioral or learning problems. · AI use 0%
- 2. Monitor students' progress and provide students and teachers with assistance in resolving any problems. · AI use 0%
- 3. Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff and recommend personnel actions for programs and services. · AI use 0%
- 4. Set educational standards and goals and help establish policies, procedures, and programs to carry them out. · AI use 0%
- 5. Determine the scope of educational program offerings and prepare drafts of program schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements. · AI use 0%
- 6. Prepare and maintain attendance, activity, planning, accounting, or personnel reports and records for officials and agencies, or direct preparation and maintenance activities. · AI use 0%
Work context
- Contact With Others: 5.0/5
- Telephone Conversations: 4.9/5
- Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams: 4.9/5
- E-Mail: 4.8/5
- Work Outcomes and Results of Other Workers: 4.6/5
- Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team: 4.5/5
Tech density
6/6
6 hot · 1 in demand
Work pace
4.8/5
Average of the strongest work-context signals.
Worker profile
Median age: 47.1
Total employed: 1.1M · Under 25: 2% · 25 to 54: 72% · 55+: 26%
Support note
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.
Source vintage
O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Component occupations
Education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare
11-9031 · 40% weight
Software and applications manager
Support bundle: Moderate preparation
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary
25-1022 · 30% weight
Enterprise/Solution architect
Support bundle: Extensive preparation
Software developers
15-1252 · 30% weight
Software developer
Support bundle: Moderate preparation
Methodology
Shared spine
structural_pressure = exposure × (1 - bottleneck)
Country layer
headline_risk = structural_pressure × (1 - country_demand_resilience)
Published limitations
This is a synthetic role view built from mapped occupations. It reuses the same shell and visual components as the Singapore role pages, but only the US sources that actually exist are rendered here.