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Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors

Teach or instruct out-of-school youths and adults in basic education, literacy, or English as a Second Language classes, or in classes for earning a high school equivalency credential.

AI exposure23 / 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 tasks84
Repeating the same tasks43
$61,540Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
-13.9%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (decline)BLS Employment Projections
55Skill 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
69
Speaking
63
69
Monitoring
63
66
Critical Thinking
63
63
Judgment and Decision Making
63
60
Active Learning
62
63
Complex Problem Solving
62
53
Coordination
62
50
Reading Comprehension
61
69
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
66
Social Perceptiveness
60
63
Instructing
58
81
Learning Strategies
58
69
Systems Analysis
57
47
Service Orientation
56
60
Systems Evaluation
56
44
Persuasion
54
47
Mathematics
53
41
Negotiation
52
50
Science
52
19
Management of Personnel Resources
50
41
Operations Analysis
49
9
Installation
48
0
Technology Design
47
22
Quality Control Analysis
47
3
Management of Financial Resources
47
3
Management of Material Resources
47
3
Equipment Selection
47
0
Equipment Maintenance
47
0
Troubleshooting
47
0
Operations Monitoring
46
22
Repairing
46
0
Programming
45
9
Operation and Control
43
0

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.

81/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
20%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Monitoring, Complex Problem Solving, Reading Comprehension

80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
23%
Retraining
Moderate

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

80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$97,870
10-yr growth
+16.6%
Skill gap
19%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Operations Analysis, Complex Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Social Perceptiveness

79/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$100,580
10-yr growth
+11.7%
Skill gap
16%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness, Critical Thinking, Persuasion

78/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$123,860
10-yr growth
+24.2%
Skill gap
29%
Retraining
Moderate

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

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors 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.