Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
Teach occupational, vocational, career, or technical subjects to students at the secondary school level.
111,420 people do this job in the US. $66,270 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 33%
- 11%
- 57%
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, 22%. Today's estimate: 25%.
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 . 33 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instruct students in the knowledge and skills required in a specific occupation or occupational field, using a systematic plan of lectures, discussions, audio-visual presentations, and laboratory, shop, and field studies.Done daily by most who do it. | 9% | 1.3 h42 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 7% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Prepare objectives and outlines for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or requirements of states and schools.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 7% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | 46%Half by Oct 2026 | |
| Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 6% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 5% | 1.3 h38 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Plan and supervise work-experience programs in businesses, industrial shops, and school laboratories.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate students' progress.Done more than weekly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 5% | 1.3 h38 min to 2.5 h | 97%Half by now | |
| Guide and counsel students with adjustments, academic problems, or special academic interests.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 38 min13 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of secondary school programs.Done more than monthly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 4% | 2.5 h50 min to 1 work day | Stays with people | |
| Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulations.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | 99%Half by now | |
| Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 3% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Prepare materials and classroom for class activities.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 33 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people |
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, Postsecondary24% now, 61% by 2028
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School34% now, 39% by 2028
- Instructional Coordinators17% now, 81% by 2028
- Special Education Teachers, Secondary School22% now, 31% by 2028
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education36% now, 44% by 2028
- Business 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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