Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors
Education, Training, and Library · SOC 25-3011
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 25-3011 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
- SOC exposure
- 6.4%
- Medium · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 57/100
- Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $61,540
- H-1B offered wage $57,647; LCAs are filings.
- Projected openings
- 6,600
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change -13.7%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- 26
- FY2025 certified LCAs; 8,148 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 ~40.4% of this role but only ~6.4% 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 or instruct out-of-school youths and adults in basic education, literacy, or English as a Second Language classes, or in classes for earning a high school equivalency credential.
Common titles: Adult Basic Education Instructor (ABE Instructor), Adult Basic Education Teacher (ABE Teacher), Adult Education Instructor, Adult Education Teacher, ESL Instructor (English as a Second Language Instructor), ESL Teacher (English as a Second Language Teacher)
Representative Tasks
- •Observe and evaluate students' work to determine progress and make suggestions for improvement.
- •Observe students to determine qualifications, limitations, abilities, interests, and other individual characteristics.
- •Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.
- •Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs, abilities, and interests.
- •Prepare students for further education by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Evaluate student work.
- •Monitor student performance.
- •Assess educational needs of students.
- •Develop instructional objectives.
- •Modify teaching methods or materials to accommodate student needs.
Tools & Technologies
Related Occupations
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 | 6.4% | 17.9% |
| Outlook | Average | 47% Bright |
| Median Salary | $61,540 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 94/100 | N/A |