Teaching Assistants, Special Education

Moderate Risk
44%

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Vote Comments (2)
AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
56%
(Moderate Risk)
POLLING
32%
(Low Risk, Based on 39 votes)
Average: 44%
LABOR DEMAND *
GROWTH
-0.6%
by year 2033
WAGES
$35,550
or $17.09 per hour
Volume
1,337,320
as of 2023

Employment data isn't available specifically for this occupation from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, so we are using the data from Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary.

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JOB SCORE
4.3/10
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We rate jobs using four factors. These are:

- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

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Calculated automation risk

56% (Moderate Risk)

Moderate Risk (41-60%): Occupations with a moderate risk of automation usually involve routine tasks but still require some human judgment and interaction.

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Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Assisting and Caring for Others

  • Social Perceptiveness

User poll

32% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted there's a low chance this occupation will be automated. However, the automation risk level we have generated suggests a higher chance of automation: 56% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Teaching Assistants, Special Education will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

Growth

Slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary' job openings is expected to decline 0.6% by 2033

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Wages

Very low paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary' was $35,550, or $17 per hour

'Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary' were paid 26.0% lower than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Significantly greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 1,337,320 people employed as 'Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary' within the United States.

This represents around 0.9% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 113 people are employed as 'Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary'.

Job description

Assist a preschool, elementary, middle, or secondary school teacher to provide academic, social, or life skills to students who have learning, emotional, or physical disabilities. Serve in a position for which a teacher has primary responsibility for the design and implementation of educational programs and services.

SOC Code: 25-9043.00

Comments (2)

champagne Mccollum (Uncertain)
17 Aug 2025 20:24
well in a special Ed class room students require the ability to nurture and a robot can't do that on the same leave. For humans its a faster response vs robots have to think first and then act.
Spring L Applequist (Low)
09 Aug 2025 12:56
Some students require extra support outside of the academic setting that an AI system can not aid with, but a human can. Such as lifting, helping the student walk through transitions. Also, not just students who are considered "special education," but all students require that human interaction to form personal connections. AI can be used as an assistant to human support, but this field can and should never be fully dominated by AI. It would turn the connections made into inhuman, cold, mechanical ones that will never meet the needs of students and staff.
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