Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Teach one or more subjects to students at the secondary school level.
1,065,210 people do this job in the US. $72,040 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 44%
- 17%
- 39%
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, 32%. Today's estimate: 36%.
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 . 32 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instruct through lectures, discussions, and demonstrations in one or more subjects, such as English, mathematics, or social studies.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 9% | 50 min38 min to 1.3 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. | 8% | 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 yearly by most who do it. | 7% | 5 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | Stays with people | |
| Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 7% | 1.1 h25 min to 2.1 h | 95%Half by now | |
| 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. | 6% | 1.3 h38 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 33 min17 min to 1.1 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 | |
| Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 4% | 21 min8 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Assign and grade class work and homework.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | 99%Half by now | |
| Prepare students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 4% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Administer standardized ability and achievement tests, and interpret results to determine students' strengths and needs.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 3% | 2.5 h1.3 h to 6.7 h | 59%Half by now |
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.
- Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education40% now, 46% by 2028
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education29% now, 35% by 2028
- Tutors66% now, 67% by 2028
- Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors57% now, 66% by 2028
- Special Education Teachers, Secondary School22% now, 31% by 2028
- Special Education Teachers, Elementary School27% now, 36% by 2028
Where this job works
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