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Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School

Teach occupational, vocational, career, or technical subjects to students at the middle, intermediate, or junior high school level.

AI exposure28 / 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 automation14
Freedom to set tasks75
Repeating the same tasks50
$65,030Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
-0.5%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (decline)BLS Employment Projections
62Skill 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
78
Active Listening
63
75
Critical Thinking
63
75
Monitoring
63
75
Judgment and Decision Making
63
60
Active Learning
62
72
Coordination
62
56
Complex Problem Solving
62
53
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
Social Perceptiveness
60
75
Writing
60
69
Learning Strategies
58
78
Instructing
58
78
Systems Analysis
57
50
Service Orientation
56
60
Systems Evaluation
56
50
Persuasion
54
50
Mathematics
53
41
Negotiation
52
47
Science
52
19
Management of Personnel Resources
50
38
Operations Analysis
49
35
Installation
48
0
Management of Material Resources
47
31
Technology Design
47
19
Quality Control Analysis
47
19
Management of Financial Resources
47
13
Equipment Selection
47
6
Troubleshooting
47
3
Equipment Maintenance
47
0
Operations Monitoring
46
19
Repairing
46
3
Programming
45
13
Operation and Control
43
16

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.

84/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
15%
Retraining
Moderate

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

84/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
14%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Monitoring

84/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$97,870
10-yr growth
+16.6%
Skill gap
10%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Complex Problem Solving, Operations Analysis, Service Orientation, Judgment and Decision Making

82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$123,860
10-yr growth
+24.2%
Skill gap
21%
Retraining
Moderate

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

82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$100,580
10-yr growth
+11.7%
Skill gap
9%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving, Persuasion, Writing

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School 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.