AI Career Radar

Business Teachers, Postsecondary

Teach courses in business administration and management, such as accounting, finance, human resources, labor and industrial relations, marketing, and operations research. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

AI exposure27 / 100Low exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation31
Freedom to set tasks93
Repeating the same tasks41
$99,080Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+5.9%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (faster than average)BLS Employment Projections
60Skill durability (moderate)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Speaking
63
81
Active Listening
63
75
Critical Thinking
63
72
Monitoring
63
66
Judgment and Decision Making
63
60
Active Learning
62
72
Complex Problem Solving
62
63
Coordination
62
50
Reading Comprehension
61
75
Time Management
61
56
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Writing
60
75
Social Perceptiveness
60
56
Instructing
58
78
Learning Strategies
58
75
Systems Analysis
57
53
Systems Evaluation
56
53
Service Orientation
56
44
Persuasion
54
47
Mathematics
53
50
Negotiation
52
44
Science
52
22
Management of Personnel Resources
50
41
Operations Analysis
49
31
Installation
48
0
Technology Design
47
16
Management of Financial Resources
47
16
Management of Material Resources
47
16
Quality Control Analysis
47
13
Equipment Selection
47
0
Equipment Maintenance
47
0
Troubleshooting
47
0
Operations Monitoring
46
13
Repairing
46
0
Programming
45
22
Operation and Control
43
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Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
17%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Monitoring, Service Orientation, Judgment and Decision Making

#2Financial ManagersManagement
79/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$166,570
10-yr growth
+9.7%
Skill gap
14%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Management of Financial Resources, Management of Personnel Resources, Service Orientation, Coordination

79/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
16%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Systems Analysis, Complex Problem Solving

78/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$141,900
10-yr growth
+4.9%
Skill gap
9%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Coordination, Persuasion, Negotiation, Social Perceptiveness

77/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$146,910
10-yr growth
+5.7%
Skill gap
14%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Persuasion, Service Orientation, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination

77/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$175,140
10-yr growth
+15.8%
Skill gap
24%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Management of Financial Resources, Management of Personnel Resources, Operations Analysis, Coordination

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Business Teachers, Postsecondary could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.