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

Moderate Risk
42%

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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
44%
(Moderate Risk)
POLLING
41%
(Moderate Risk, Based on 77 votes)
Average: 42%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
-12.7%
by year 2033
WAGES
$60,560
or $29.11 per hour
Volume
36,890
as of 2023
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JOB SCORE
4.0/10
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- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
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- Volume of available positions

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Calculated automation risk

44% (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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  • Social Perceptiveness

  • Originality

  • Negotiation

User poll

41% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted they are unsure if this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 44% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

Sentiment

The following graph is shown where there are enough votes to produce meaningful data. It displays user poll results over time, providing a clear indication of sentiment trends.

Sentiment over time (yearly)

Growth

Very slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors' job openings is expected to decline 12.7% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

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

Wages

Moderately paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors' was $60,560, or $29 per hour

'Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors' were paid 26.0% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Moderate range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 36,890 people employed as 'Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors' within the United States.

This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 4 thousand people are employed as 'Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors'.

Job description

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.

SOC Code: 25-3011.00

Comments (7)

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User (Moderate)
13 Jan 2026 21:16
There are a lot of language learning AIs popping up and a lot of people will buy into it. But it will never replace human conversation.
Zain (Highly likely)
15 Mar 2025 19:55
English Instructors are beat out by LLMs like ChatGPT that could explain English concepts better than any fresh graduate with an English degree.
Sandra (Moderate)
09 Oct 2024 13:17
Some aspects of teaching such as grading, creating materials, tracking performance, monitoring process can be automated. However, emotional support, motivation, guidance regarding learning techniques, spontaneous communication can be better performed by an excellent teacher.
Jeff (Uncertain)
13 Feb 2023 18:14
Strategies for language acquisition vary a lot between individuals. Good language teaching requires a humanistic approach, which by definition, excludes total automation. Good teachers help embed memories of new vocabulary, not just by repetition and correction, but by observation of students that they then use to help them find individualised strategies for getting rid of errors. Also, there is the social element of attending language lessons that AI can't (yet) facilitate. However, as an industry, TEFL is not as valued as it probably should be. As such, I think people may be happy to have a lesser quality of teaching if it is cheaper, and then supplement their learning by language exchanges and conversation classes. Either way, I don't really see total domination of the industry by AI.
Carina (Low)
28 Oct 2022 18:33
Most students prefer in person classes with their instructor.
Mostafa (Low)
14 Sep 2022 21:27
Maybe I'm wrong, but robots must be programmed to understand local speeches and cultures in every countryside around the world. They should work like a mediator figure between the learners and their local speech and culture.

That's going to be crazy! Especially when speeches and cultures change over time, you'll always need new robots to be compatible with that change. But finally, all that would be possible.
Daniel (Low)
21 Apr 2020 19:16
Initial education training requires a lot of face-to-face accompaniment from human tutors.
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