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What can middle school teachers switch to?

10 jobs with similar skills where less of the shift is touched by AI or robots.

Time card for secondary school special education teachers: 2h 26m of an 8-hour shift touched by AI or robotsTime card: Secondary School Special Education Teachers →

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What can middle school teachers switch to? AI or robots touch about 4h 19m of a typical 8-hour shift for middle school teachers, including 4h 14m on tasks AI or robots have done on their own somewhere. The jobs below use many of the same skills, and less of their day is touched today. The closest fit is secondary school special education teachers: 2h 26m touched, with median pay 15% higher.

Matches come from O*NET's ratings of the skills, knowledge and work activities each job uses. "To build up" lists the skills each option rates as clearly more important than middle school teachers do today. "Touched" is time on tasks with documented AI use or robots working in real workplaces. Treat these as starting points: pay, openings and requirements differ by state.

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  1. Secondary School Special Education TeachersClose skills · 2h 26m touched (vs 4h 19m) · $74k · -0.2% by 2035 · bachelor's degreeShared skills: Learning Strategies, Instructing, Time ManagementTo build up: Service Orientation
  2. Kindergarten TeachersClose skills · 54m touched (vs 4h 19m) · $63k · -0.3% by 2035 · bachelor's degreeShared skills: Instructing, Learning Strategies, Time ManagementNo big skill gaps
  3. Elementary School TeachersClose skills · 1h 29m touched (vs 4h 19m) · $64k · -0.4% by 2035 · bachelor's degreeShared skills: Learning Strategies, Instructing, Time ManagementTo build up: Service Orientation
  4. Elementary School Special Education TeachersRelated skills · 1h touched (vs 4h 19m) · $67k · -0.1% by 2035 · bachelor's degreeShared skills: Instructing, Learning Strategies, Social PerceptivenessNo big skill gaps
  5. Middle School Special Education TeachersRelated skills · 2h 13m touched (vs 4h 19m) · $67k · -0.4% by 2035 · bachelor's degreeShared skills: Learning Strategies, Instructing, Time ManagementTo build up: Service Orientation

With more training

  1. Instructional CoordinatorsClose skills · 2h 59m touched (vs 4h 19m) · $77k · +1.6% by 2035 · graduate degreeShared skills: Learning Strategies, Instructing, CoordinationNo big skill gaps
  2. Postsecondary Communications TeachersClose skills · 3h 23m touched (vs 4h 19m) · $79k · +2.1% by 2035 · graduate degreeShared skills: Instructing, Learning Strategies, Active LearningNo big skill gaps
  3. Nursing Instructors and Teachers, PostsecondaryClose skills · 2h 12m touched (vs 4h 19m) · $80k · +17.1% by 2035 · graduate degreeShared skills: Instructing, Learning Strategies, CoordinationNo big skill gaps
  4. Postsecondary Social Work TeachersRelated skills · 3h 15m touched (vs 4h 19m) · $78k · +2.6% by 2035 · graduate degreeShared skills: Learning Strategies, Instructing, Active LearningTo build up: Speaking, Instructing
  5. Preschool Special Education TeachersRelated skills · 53m touched (vs 4h 19m) · $65k · +2.4% by 2035 · graduate degreeShared skills: Learning Strategies, Social Perceptiveness, InstructingNo big skill gaps

Before you switch

See the full time card for middle school teachers first: many tasks there still need a person, and learning AI tools for the rest can be its own way forward. For pay where you live, open any job above and pick your state.