Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
Education, Training, and Library · SOC 25-2058
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 25-2058 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
- SOC exposure
- 9.9%
- Medium · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 41/100
- Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $74,260
- H-1B offered wage $60,450; LCAs are filings.
- Projected openings
- —
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change -1.6%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- 259
- FY2025 certified LCAs; 3,282 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.
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AI Exposure Analysis
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
AI could do ~30.1% of this role but only ~9.9% 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
Teach academic, social, and life skills to secondary school students with learning, emotional, or physical disabilities. Includes teachers who specialize and work with students who are blind or have visual impairments; students who are deaf or have hearing impairments; and students with intellectual disabilities.
Common titles: Education Specialist, Emotional Disability Special Education Teacher (ED SPED Teacher), Exceptional Student Education Teacher (ESE Teacher), Handicapped Teacher, HS SPED Teacher (High School Special Education Teacher), Learning Disabilities Special Education Teacher (LD Special Education Teacher)
Representative Tasks
- •Establish and enforce rules for behavior and policies and procedures to maintain order among students.
- •Maintain accurate and complete student records, and prepare reports on children and activities, as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
- •Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, or other professionals to develop individual educational plans (IEPs) for students' educational, physical, and social development.
- •Employ special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, and memory.
- •Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to students.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Establish rules or policies governing student behavior.
- •Maintain student records.
- •Prepare reports detailing student activities or performance.
- •Develop strategies or programs for students with special needs.
- •Collaborate with other teaching professionals to develop educational programs.
Tools & Technologies
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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 | 9.9% | 17.9% |
| Outlook | Average | 47% Bright |
| Median Salary | $74,260 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 90/100 | N/A |