Public & Social · SOC 25-2031
Educates and mentors students.
Hands-on, interpersonal or high-stakes work AI struggles to replace.
Timeline: Resilient — AI is a tutor/aide; classroom management and mentoring stay human.
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$57,000 median pay
$58,000 median pay
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Teacher (K-12) is resilient on AIFear. Hands-on, interpersonal or high-stakes work AI struggles to replace.
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Our AI Fear Score for Teacher (K-12) is 20/100 (Resilient). Hands-on, interpersonal or high-stakes work AI struggles to replace.
20 out of 100. It blends a Frey & Osborne automation probability of 0% with an estimated LLM task-exposure of 45%.
Most exposed: Lesson-plan drafting, Grading objective work, Material creation. Harder to automate: Mentoring and motivating, Classroom management, Reaching struggling kids.
Lean into AI-in-the-classroom, Differentiated instruction, Mentoring. Consider roles such as Instructional coach or School leadership.
AI Fear Score blends Frey & Osborne (2013) automation probability with an LLM task-exposure estimate (after Eloundou et al., 2023). Pay/employment are approximate BLS figures. This is an estimate, not a prediction about any individual's job. Compare all occupations.