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Self-Enrichment Teachers

Education, Training, and Library · SOC 25-3021

6.6% AI Exposure — Medium
$46,800
Median Annual Salary
Bright ↗
O*NET Outlook
49,000
Proj. Annual Openings
332,110
Employment (OEWS 2025)
+4.7%/yr
Empl. growth (2019–2025)
93/100
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 25-3021 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.

Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
SOC exposure
6.6%
Medium · Anthropic AEI
Automation friction
55/100
Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
Wages
$46,800
H-1B offered wage $67,330; LCAs are filings.
Projected openings
49,000
BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +3.7%.
Observed/proxy demand
67
FY2025 certified LCAs; 74,532 postings in 2025.

Skill evidence

SpeakingActive ListeningLearning StrategiesInstructingReading Comprehension
  • 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

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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

AI Exposure6.6%
AI Resiliency93/100
Exposure BandMedium
Sector Avg. Exposure17.9%

Across AI measures

Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.

39.6%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic6.6%
AI capability · OpenAI36%
AI ability · AIOE76.1%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne13%

AI could do ~36% of this role but only ~6.6% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.

Top Skills

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

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.

534
Decade Total (Certified LCAs)
67
FY2025 Volume
0% of all H-1B filings in FY2025
$67,330
Median Offered Wage (Latest Year)
#222 of 776
Rank by Total Volume
H-1B filing volume, FY2016–FY2025

O*NET occupation profile

What this work involves

Teach or instruct individuals or groups for the primary purpose of self-enrichment or recreation, rather than for an occupational objective, educational attainment, competition, or fitness.

Common titles: Art Teacher, Dance Instructor, Dance Teacher, Driving Instructor, Flight Instructor, Instructor

Representative Tasks

  • Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
  • Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
  • Prepare students for further development by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
  • Observe students to determine qualifications, limitations, abilities, interests, and other individual characteristics.
  • Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by administrative policy.

Detailed Work Activities

  • Apply multiple teaching methods.
  • Modify teaching methods or materials to accommodate student needs.
  • Encourage students.
  • Assess educational needs of students.
  • Monitor student performance.

Tools & Technologies

Adobe Photoshop · hotMicrosoft Access · hotBlackboard softwareCorel Paint Shop ProEducational softwareMicrosoft Internet ExplorerMicrosoft Windows Movie MakerSchoologyVideo editing softwareWeb browser software

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 25-3021: 2019 — employment: 252,780, median wage: $39,190; 2020 — employment: 222,700, median wage: $39,960; 2021 — employment: 216,910, median wage: $43,580; 2022 — employment: 248,150, median wage: $44,110; 2023 — employment: 272,110, median wage: $45,330; 2025 — employment: 332,110, median wage: $46,800.

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

Sector Comparison

MetricThis CareerSector Average
AI Exposure6.6%17.9%
OutlookBright ↗47% Bright
Median Salary$46,800N/A
AI Resiliency93/100N/A