Industry group, 6112
Junior Colleges
656,220 people work in this industry in the US, at mean pay of $76,230 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. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.
a year: 460 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 57%
- 29%
- 14%
of the paid hours are within reach now in tasks people already bring to Claude. Another 25% is within reach in tasks not yet seen there.
Across the US: 30% within reach now and 36% by the end of 2028, on the long-run pace at four in five. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.
Share of the paid hours within reach, now to 2030
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What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
What handing the work over would take
For the 468,908 people in jobs so far, 72% of the industry's people; the others are in the totals above and join this split as the review reaches their jobs. Shares of their working time within reach now, at the pace and reliability chosen above. Estimates. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.
about 258 million hours a year. The material can be handed to a model and the result handed back.
about 91 million hours a year. The model has to be connected to the system the work lives in.
about 93 million hours a year. Short enough by length. This site leaves conversation with people, so it is not in the totals.
What their work is made of
- 41%
- 10%
- 12%
- 21%
- 15%
Each task's time split among five kinds of doing, judged one task at a time; only documents and systems can count as within reach.
What changes for the people
For the 468,908 people in jobs reviewed task by task so far, by the end of 2028 on the long-run pace at four in five: the shares of their working time, from each job page's own map, weighted by how many people here do that job. It says which parts of the work change, never whether anyone keeps a job. Estimates.
Conversation, in-person and hands-on work.
Desk work within reach in tasks where a mistake costs something or a licensed person signs.
Desk work within reach that is small if wrong, with lighter checks.
What most people here would learn first
How many of them have each skill among the first two things to learn on their job's page. Every state, and the US
- Briefing a model and checking its drafts302,388 (64%)
- Reviewing work you did not do yourself275,904 (59%)
- The conversations109,545 (23%)
- The hands-on craft72,338 (15%)
- Running AI inside the business systems66,510 (14%)
- Dealing with people outside the organization50,820 (11%)
- Judgment where errors are severe38,800 (8%)
- Signing off under your license6,160 (1%)
- Handling protected records210 (under 1%)
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, 17%. Today's estimate: 38%.
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.
Robots and the physical work
Anthropic rates 17% of the working time of the people in this industry as physical work. For 10% of the working time, a robot has been shown doing most of the task somewhere: 7% in a purpose-built cell, 3% in a structured facility. 0.12 of 3.
- Not physical 83%
- No robot shown 8%
- In a purpose-built cell 7%
- In a structured facility 3%
Anthropic's rating, not this site's estimate: Claude Opus 5, searching the web, rated each physical O*NET task by the kind of setting in which a robot it could cite (deployed, sold or demonstrated) does most of the task, weighted by its own estimate of each task's share of the time (What work can robots do?, September 30, 2026, data CC BY 4.0; every job ranked). A robot shown somewhere is not a robot in your building: cost, setup and safety decide that. The share within reach on this page still counts no body work. Weighted by the people in each occupation; each job's page names the robot behind each rated task.
Where the hours are
Jobs by hours within reach now. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index. The 40 largest jobs hold 78% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary | 42,440 | 40% | 35 million | $66K |
| Office Clerks, General | 25,670 | 56% | 30 million | $36K |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 20,070 | 59% | 25 million | $47K |
| Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary | 18,470 | 52% | 20 million | $77K |
| Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors | 29,440 | 29% | 18 million | $60K |
| Education Administrators, Postsecondary | 27,170 | 27% | 15 million | $102K |
| Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary | 17,580 | 38% | 14 million | $45K |
| Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors | 9,540 | 66% | 13 million | $61K |
| English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary | 21,320 | 28% | 13 million | $79K |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | 21,820 | 26% | 12 million | $71K |
| Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | 8,600 | 54% | 9.7 million | $77K |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | 14,520 | 29% | 8.7 million | $77K |
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. 263 smaller jobs (128,750 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 88% 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.
- Integrate academic and vocational curricula so that students can obtain a variety of skills.Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary18 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Develop curricula and plan course content and methods of instruction.Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary12 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Compute, record, and proofread data and other information, such as records or reports.Office Clerks, General6.4 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Develop teaching materials, such as syllabi, visual aids, answer keys, supplementary notes, or course Web sites.Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary5.3 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary5.1 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Coordinate conferences, meetings, or special events, such as luncheons or graduation ceremonies.Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive4.9 million hours60% of the task within reach
- Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary4.8 million hours38% of the task within reach
- Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary4.8 million hours80% of the task within reach
- Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary4.8 million hours80% of the task within reach
- Provide assistance to faculty members or staff with laboratory or field research.Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary4.8 million hours40% of the task within reach
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Next to this industry
Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.
- Elementary and Secondary Schools8,919,090 people29% now, 32% by 2028
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools3,216,330 people38% now, 54% by 2028
- Other Schools and Instruction558,700 people37% now, 41% by 2028
- Educational Support Services265,600 people39% now, 51% by 2028
- Technical and Trade Schools153,950 people40% now, 51% by 2028
- Business Schools and Computer and Management Training82,160 people48% now, 65% 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
Questions about this industry
- How much of the work in Junior Colleges is within reach of AI now?
- An estimated 38% of the paid hours in Junior Colleges are within reach of AI models now and 53% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five (48% to 56% across the three paces the site shows). Within reach means a model could finish work that long at that reliability. It is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.
- Which jobs in Junior Colleges carry the most hours within reach?
- By hours within reach now (projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index): Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary (42,440 people, 40% of their time, about 35 million hours a year); Office Clerks, General (25,670 people, 56% of their time, about 30 million hours a year); and Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive (20,070 people, 59% of their time, about 25 million hours a year).
- Which tasks in Junior Colleges carry the most hours within reach by the end of 2028?
- Integrate academic and vocational curricula so that students can obtain a variety of skills (Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary, about 18 million hours a year); Develop curricula and plan course content and methods of instruction (Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary, about 12 million hours a year); and Compute, record, and proofread data and other information, such as records or reports (Office Clerks, General, about 6.4 million hours a year).
- What would people working in Junior Colleges learn first?
- Among the 468,908 people in jobs reviewed task by task, the skills most often among the first two things to learn on their job's page are briefing a model and checking its drafts (302,388 people); reviewing work you did not do yourself (275,904 people); and the conversations (109,545 people). By the end of 2028 on the long-run pace at four in five, about 48% of their working time stays with people, 38% becomes checking a model's work and 11% can be handed over with lighter checks. It says which parts of the work change, never whether anyone keeps a job.
- How is this estimated?
- BLS counts the people in each occupation in Junior Colleges (May 2025); each occupation's share of working time within reach comes from its O*NET tasks, each with an estimated length checked against GDPval, and METR's measurements of how long a task the best AI models can finish, carried forward to the date from the latest, Claude Mythos Preview (early) in April 2026. The industry's share is those shares weighted by people. Task data covers 88% of its people, and 72% are in occupations reviewed task by task. Data checked November 10, 2026.
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