Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
Management · SOC 11-9032
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 11-9032 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
- SOC exposure
- 5.3%
- Medium · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 52/100
- Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $105,870
- H-1B offered wage $81,440; LCAs are filings.
- Projected openings
- 22,900
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change -1.5%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- 73
- FY2025 certified LCAs; 43,089 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
- H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
- Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
- Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
- This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.
Best transitions from here
Explore all pathways→Lower AI-exposure roles that reuse your skills, ranked by a transition score (skills that transfer, safety gain, pay and retraining effort).
AI Exposure Analysis
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
AI could do ~41.8% of this role but only ~5.3% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.
Top Skills
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic, administrative, or auxiliary activities of kindergarten, elementary, or secondary schools.
Common titles: Athletic Director, Curriculum and Instruction Superintendent, Elementary Principal, High School Principal (HS Principal), Middle School Principal (MS Principal), Principal
Representative Tasks
- •Counsel and provide guidance to students regarding personal, academic, vocational, or behavioral issues.
- •Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities, policies, and student behavior or learning problems.
- •Determine the scope of educational program offerings, and prepare drafts of course schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements.
- •Observe teaching methods and examine learning materials to evaluate and standardize curricula and teaching techniques and to determine areas for improvement.
- •Collaborate with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards, develop mission statements, and set performance goals and objectives.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Support the professional development of others.
- •Advise others on career or personal development.
- •Perform human resources activities.
- •Schedule activities or facility use.
- •Develop educational goals, standards, policies, or procedures.
Tools & Technologies
Employment Projections & AI Exposure
Employment & Wage Trend
BLS OEWS, 2019–2025
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 5.3% | 13.2% |
| Outlook | Average | 40% Bright |
| Median Salary | $105,870 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 95/100 | N/A |