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Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School

Teach occupational, vocational, career, or technical subjects to students at the secondary school level.

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 automation10
Freedom to set tasks78
Repeating the same tasks53
$66,270Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
-0.4%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (decline)BLS Employment Projections
71Skill 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
Active Listening
63
78
Speaking
63
78
Critical Thinking
63
75
Monitoring
63
75
Judgment and Decision Making
63
69
Active Learning
62
72
Coordination
62
72
Complex Problem Solving
62
69
Reading Comprehension
61
78
Time Management
61
66
Show 25 more skills
Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Writing
60
75
Social Perceptiveness
60
75
Instructing
58
88
Learning Strategies
58
78
Systems Analysis
57
47
Service Orientation
56
69
Systems Evaluation
56
50
Persuasion
54
53
Mathematics
53
50
Negotiation
52
53
Science
52
19
Management of Personnel Resources
50
44
Operations Analysis
49
19
Installation
48
0
Quality Control Analysis
47
31
Troubleshooting
47
28
Management of Material Resources
47
28
Equipment Maintenance
47
25
Technology Design
47
22
Equipment Selection
47
22
Management of Financial Resources
47
22
Operations Monitoring
46
35
Repairing
46
22
Programming
45
16
Operation and Control
43
25

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.

88/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
6%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Monitoring

87/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
8%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Quality Control Analysis, Operations Monitoring, Systems Analysis

86/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$97,870
10-yr growth
+16.6%
Skill gap
5%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operations Analysis, Systems Analysis, Critical Thinking, Social Perceptiveness

85/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$123,860
10-yr growth
+24.2%
Skill gap
15%
Retraining
Moderate

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

85/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$100,580
10-yr growth
+11.7%
Skill gap
5%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness, Persuasion, Writing

A second source of income, before you need it

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