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Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School

Education, Training, and Library · SOC 25-2032

0.0% AI Exposure — Low
$66,270
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
5,600
Proj. Annual Openings
111,420
Employment (OEWS 2025)
+6.9%/yr
Empl. growth (2019–2025)
100/100
AI Resiliency Score

AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.

Decision card

Career Evidence Passport

SOC 25-2032 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.

Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
SOC exposure
0.0%
Low · Anthropic AEI
Automation friction
57/100
Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
Wages
$66,270
H-1B offered wage $56,245; LCAs are filings.
Projected openings
5,600
BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change -1.8%.
Observed/proxy demand
48
FY2025 certified LCAs; 10,951 postings in 2025.

Skill evidence

InstructingReading ComprehensionActive ListeningSpeakingWriting

Transition context

  • 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.

AI Exposure Analysis

AI Exposure0.0%
AI Resiliency100/100
Exposure BandLow
Sector Avg. Exposure17.9%

Across AI measures

Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.

35.3%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic0%
AI capability · OpenAI33.3%
AI ability · AIOE72.5%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne0.9%

AI could do ~33.3% of this role but only ~0% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.

Top Skills

1.Instructing
2.Reading Comprehension
3.Active Listening
4.Speaking
5.Writing

H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand

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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.

216
Decade Total (Certified LCAs)
48
FY2025 Volume
0% of all H-1B filings in FY2025
$56,245
Median Offered Wage (Latest Year)
#278 of 776
Rank by Total Volume
H-1B filing volume, FY2016–FY2025

O*NET occupation profile

What this work involves

Teach occupational, vocational, career, or technical subjects to students at the secondary school level.

Common titles: Agricultural Education Teacher, Auto Technology Instructor (Automotive Technology Instructor), Career and Technical Education Teacher (CTE Teacher), Cosmetology Teacher, Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher (FACS Teacher), Instructor

Representative Tasks

  • Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
  • Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.
  • Prepare materials and classroom for class activities.
  • Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
  • 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.

Detailed Work Activities

  • Apply multiple teaching methods.
  • Establish rules or policies governing student behavior.
  • Set up classroom materials or equipment.
  • Evaluate student work.
  • Monitor student performance.

Tools & Technologies

Google Docs · hotMicrosoft Outlook · hotMicrosoft Word · hotBlackboard LearnCollaborative editing softwareDOC CopEdpuzzleEmail softwareiParadigms TurnitinKahoot!

Employment Projections & AI Exposure

15
Occupations Shown
19.4%
Avg AI Exposure
8
Bright Outlook
Horizontal bar chart showing occupations with the highest projected annual openings. Each bar length represents annual projected openings. Color uses a gradient from violet (lower) to cyan (higher). Summary statistics are shown above the chart.

Employment & Wage Trend

BLS OEWS, 2019–2025


Occupation Employment & Wage TrendMulti-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 25-2032: 2019 — employment: 74,520, median wage: $61,710; 2020 — employment: 73,530, median wage: $62,460; 2021 — employment: 84,360, median wage: $61,820; 2022 — employment: 88,280, median wage: $62,500; 2023 — employment: 90,070, median wage: $65,130; 2025 — employment: 111,420, median wage: $66,270.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.

Sector Comparison

MetricThis CareerSector Average
AI Exposure0.0%17.9%
OutlookAverage47% Bright
Median Salary$66,270N/A
AI Resiliency100/100N/A