Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach vocational courses intended to provide occupational training below the baccalaureate level in subjects such as construction, mechanics/repair, manufacturing, transportation, or cosmetology, primarily to students who have graduated from or left high school. Teaching takes place in public or private schools whose primary business is academic or vocational education.
114,110 people do this job in the US. $63,820 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 62%
- 10%
- 28%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 19%. Today's estimate: 24%.
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.
The tasks
Sorted by . 20 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integrate academic and vocational curricula so that students can obtain a variety of skills.Done daily by most who do it. | 20% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.7 work days | 17%Half by Apr 2027 | |
| Develop curricula and plan course content and methods of instruction.Done more than yearly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 14% | 1.3 work days3.3 h to 4.2 work days | 4%Half by Dec 2027 | |
| Supervise and monitor students' use of tools and equipment.Done daily by most who do it. | 9% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Present lectures and conduct discussions to increase students' knowledge and competence using visual aids, such as graphs, charts, videotapes, and slides.Done daily by most who do it. | 9% | 1.3 h38 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Supervise independent or group projects, field placements, laboratory work, or other training.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 1.7 h25 min to 4.2 h | Stays with people | |
| Determine training needs of students or workers.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | 77%Half by now | |
| Conduct on-the-job training classes or training sessions to teach and demonstrate principles, techniques, procedures, or methods of designated subjects.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 1.7 h50 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Select and assemble books, materials, supplies, and equipment for training, courses, or projects.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 5% | 1.7 h25 min to 4.2 h | Stays with people | |
| Prepare outlines of instructional programs and training schedules and establish course goals.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 4% | 4.2 h1.7 h to 1.7 work days | 23%Half by Mar 2027 | |
| Observe and evaluate students' work to determine progress, provide feedback, and make suggestions for improvement.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 4% | 38 min13 min to 1.7 h | 95%Half by now | |
| Provide individualized instruction and tutorial or remedial instruction.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | 100%Half by now | |
| Develop teaching aids, such as instructional software, multimedia visual aids, or study materials.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 3% | 4.2 h1.7 h to 1.3 work days | 27%Half by Jan 2027 |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School25% now, 33% by 2028
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School34% now, 39% by 2028
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary19% now, 59% by 2028
- Instructional Coordinators17% now, 81% by 2028
- Training and Development Specialists21% now, 68% by 2028
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary22% now, 64% by 2028
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
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