Industry group, 6117
Educational Support Services
265,600 people work in this industry in the US, at mean pay of $75,300 a year (BLS, May 2025). What follows is how much of their working time the best AI models could finish, when, and in which jobs and tasks. Estimates.
of the paid hours. Estimate.
a year: 143 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 60%
- 23%
- 17%
of the paid hours are within reach now in tasks people already bring to Claude. Another 21% is within reach in tasks not yet seen there.
Across the US: 22% within reach now and 37% by the end of 2028, on the long-run pace at four in five.
Share of the paid hours within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this industry's paid hours were within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 1%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 26%. Today's estimate: 30%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
Where the hours are
Jobs by hours within reach now. The 40 largest jobs hold 80% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tutors | 21,130 | 66% | 29 million | $43K |
| Instructional Coordinators | 22,750 | 17% | 7.9 million | $73K |
| Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors | 10,790 | 34% | 7.6 million | $60K |
| Office Clerks, General | 5,420 | 54% | 6.1 million | $43K |
| Customer Service Representatives | 4,100 | 64% | 5.5 million | $48K |
| Self-Enrichment Teachers | 4,640 | 54% | 5.2 million | $55K |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 5,670 | 43% | 5 million | $48K |
| Speech-Language Pathologists | 3,270 | 71% | 4.8 million | $83K |
| General and Operations Managers | 10,060 | 23% | 4.8 million | $127K |
| Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel | 5,300 | 43% | 4.7 million | $80K |
| Mental Health Counselors | 2,385 | 65% | 3.2 million | $59K |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 1,930 | 78% | 3.1 million | $52K |
People: BLS counts for this industry, May 2025. Pay here: the median paid for the job in this industry, else its mean, else the national median. 153 smaller jobs (46,300 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 86% of the industry's people; the rest are in BLS "all other" groups with no task list, or in counts BLS does not publish.
The tasks with the most hours within reach by the end of 2028
Across the whole industry, on the chosen pace and reliability.
- Plan and conduct teacher training programs and conferences dealing with new classroom procedures, instructional materials and equipment, and teaching aids.Instructional Coordinators7.6 million hours99% of the task within reach
- Provide private instruction to individual or small groups of students to improve academic performance, improve occupational skills, or prepare for academic or occupational tests.Tutors7.5 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Review class material with students by discussing text, working solutions to problems, or reviewing worksheets or other assignments.Tutors6.2 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Develop master course documentation or manuals according to applicable accreditation, certification, or other requirements.Instructional Coordinators3.2 million hours85% of the task within reach
- Identify, develop, or implement intervention strategies, tutoring plans, or individualized education plans (IEPs) for students.Tutors3.1 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Update the content of educational programs to ensure that students are being trained with equipment and processes that are technologically current.Instructional Coordinators3 million hours92% of the task within reach
- Research, evaluate, and prepare recommendations on curricula, instructional methods, and materials for school systems.Instructional Coordinators2.8 million hours94% of the task within reach
- Assess students' progress throughout tutoring sessions.Tutors2.5 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Observe work of teaching staff to evaluate performance and to recommend changes that could strengthen teaching skills.Instructional Coordinators2.5 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Design learning products, including Web-based aids or electronic performance support systems.Instructional Coordinators2.4 million hours78% of the task within reach
Scan a typical company in this industry
The industry's largest jobs, in the proportions BLS counts across the whole industry, at the pay it pays, run through the company scan. A starting point before you have a roster, or a benchmark for the one you have.
Next to this industry
Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Elementary and Secondary Schools8,919,090 people23% now, 34% by 2028
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools3,216,330 people23% now, 54% by 2028
- Junior Colleges656,220 people26% now, 55% by 2028
- Other Schools and Instruction558,700 people43% now, 54% by 2028
- Technical and Trade Schools153,950 people27% now, 55% by 2028
- Business Schools and Computer and Management Training82,160 people28% now, 66% by 2028
How it is built: BLS counts the people in each job in this industry; each job's tasks and their lengths give its share within reach at a date; the industry's share is those shares weighted by people. Value is pay times 1.43 for benefits and payroll costs. Seen in Claude use splits today's share by whether Anthropic saw people bring each task to Claude in 2025; other AI tools are not counted. How it works