Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary
Education, Training, and Library · SOC 25-9044
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 25-9044 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
- SOC exposure
- 10.0%
- Medium · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 39/100
- Low friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $42,910
- H-1B offered wage $49,916; LCAs are filings.
- Projected openings
- —
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +3.1%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- 18
- FY2025 certified LCAs; 3,296 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 ~53% of this role but only ~10% 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
Assist faculty or other instructional staff in postsecondary institutions by performing instructional support activities, such as developing teaching materials, leading discussion groups, preparing and giving examinations, and grading examinations or papers.
Common titles: Graduate Assistant, Graduate Fellow, Graduate Research Assistant, Graduate Student, Graduate Student Instructor (GSI), Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA)
Representative Tasks
- •Teach undergraduate-level courses.
- •Evaluate and grade examinations, assignments, or papers, and record grades.
- •Lead discussion sections, tutorials, or laboratory sections.
- •Develop teaching materials, such as syllabi, visual aids, answer keys, supplementary notes, or course Web sites.
- •Inform students of the procedures for completing and submitting class work, such as lab reports.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Guide class discussions.
- •Teach classes in area of specialization.
- •Evaluate student work.
- •Supervise laboratory work.
- •Develop instructional materials.
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 | 10.0% | 17.9% |
| Outlook | Average | 47% Bright |
| Median Salary | $42,910 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 90/100 | N/A |