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24 sectors indexed. Showing role-level rankings for Educational Services (61).
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63 roles • 77% avg exposure
Highest: Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Lowest: Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
Open sector ranking20 roles • 76% avg exposure
Highest: Food Servers, Nonrestaurant
Lowest: Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other
Open sector ranking25 roles • 76% avg exposure
Highest: Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Lowest: Machinists
Open sector ranking14 roles • 74% avg exposure
Highest: Agricultural Equipment Operators
Lowest: Logging Workers, All Other
Open sector ranking4 roles • 73% avg exposure
Highest: Parts Salespersons
Lowest: Advertising Sales Agents
Open sector ranking40 roles • 67% avg exposure
Highest: Bus Drivers, School
Lowest: Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
Open sector ranking20 roles • 65% avg exposure
Highest: Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
Lowest: Recreation Workers
Open sector ranking8 roles • 62% avg exposure
Highest: Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
Lowest: Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners
Open sector ranking15 roles • 61% avg exposure
Highest: Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons
Lowest: Civil Engineers
Open sector ranking22 roles • 60% avg exposure
Highest: Floor Sanders and Finishers
Lowest: Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians
Open sector ranking17 roles • 60% avg exposure
Highest: Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
Lowest: Quality Control Systems Managers
Open sector ranking41 roles • 59% avg exposure
Highest: Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
Lowest: Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Open sector ranking85 roles • 59% avg exposure
Highest: Sewing Machine Operators
Lowest: Solar Energy Systems Engineers
Open sector ranking3 roles • 59% avg exposure
Highest: Sales and Related Workers, All Other
Lowest: Insurance Sales Agents
Open sector ranking12 roles • 59% avg exposure
Highest: Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers
Lowest: Sales Engineers
Open sector ranking20 roles • 56% avg exposure
Highest: Manicurists and Pedicurists
Lowest: Set and Exhibit Designers
Open sector ranking61 roles • 55% avg exposure
Highest: Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
Lowest: Chief Executives
Open sector ranking56 roles • 55% avg exposure
Highest: Order Clerks
Lowest: Architectural and Engineering Managers
Open sector ranking18 roles • 52% avg exposure
Highest: Designers, All Other
Lowest: News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
Open sector ranking187 roles • 52% avg exposure
Highest: Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers
Lowest: Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
Open sector ranking4 roles • 47% avg exposure
Highest: Tax Preparers
Lowest: Purchasing Managers
Open sector ranking151 roles • 41% avg exposure
Highest: Amusement and Recreation Attendants
Lowest: Nurse Anesthetists
Open sector ranking85 roles • 41% avg exposure
Highest: First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
Lowest: Mental Health Counselors
Open sector ranking45 roles • 34% avg exposure
Highest: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary
Lowest: Archivists
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Highest automation exposure roles in this sector. Showing top 45 results.
#1High confidenceSystemsCEEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 55% • SOC 25-1194.00
#2High confidenceExecutionTAEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Teaching Assistants, Special Education is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 55% • SOC 25-9043.00
#3Low confidenceInsightPSLife, Physical, and Social Science • Educational Services
Physical Scientists, All Other is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 54% • SOC 19-2099.00
#4Low confidencePlanningCACommunity and Social Service • Educational Services
Counselors, All Other is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 52% • SOC 21-1019.00
#5High confidenceWorkflowTAEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 51% • SOC 25-9042.00
#6High confidenceProductivityESLife, Physical, and Social Science • Educational Services
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 50% • SOC 19-2041.00
#7High confidenceProductivitySSLife, Physical, and Social Science • Educational Services
Social Science Research Assistants is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 48% • SOC 19-4061.00
#8Low confidenceProductivityPTEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 47% • SOC 25-1199.00
#9High confidenceToolingPTEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 47% • SOC 25-2011.00
#10Low confidenceExecutionTAEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Teachers and Instructors, All Other is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 47% • SOC 25-3099.00
#11Low confidenceToolingRWCommunity and Social Service • Educational Services
Religious Workers, All Other is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 46% • SOC 21-2099.00
#12Low confidenceAnalysisSSEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 45% • SOC 25-2031.00
#13Low confidenceInsightKTEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 44% • SOC 25-2012.00
#14High confidenceToolingMTEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Museum Technicians and Conservators is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 42% • SOC 25-4013.00
#15Medium confidenceCoordinationCEEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 40% • SOC 25-2023.00
#16High confidenceInsightGELife, Physical, and Social Science • Educational Services
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 40% • SOC 19-2042.00
#17High confidencePlanningFLife, Physical, and Social Science • Educational Services
Foresters remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 39% • SOC 19-1032.00
#18High confidenceProductivityADEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 38% • SOC 25-1121.00
#19High confidenceToolingPAEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 38% • SOC 25-1126.00
#20Medium confidenceCoordinationETEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 37% • SOC 25-1063.00
#21High confidenceCoordinationLAEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 37% • SOC 25-4022.00
#22High confidenceExecutionCSLife, Physical, and Social Science • Educational Services
Conservation Scientists remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 36% • SOC 19-1031.00
#23High confidenceCoordinationMSEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 36% • SOC 25-1022.00
#24High confidenceInsightAPEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Adapted Physical Education Specialists remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 35% • SOC 25-2059.01
#25High confidenceProductivityABEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 35% • SOC 25-3011.00
#26High confidenceToolingAEEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 32% • SOC 25-1051.00
#27High confidenceProductivityPSLife, Physical, and Social Science • Educational Services
Political Scientists remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 32% • SOC 19-3094.00
#28Medium confidenceAnalysisSTEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 31% • SOC 25-1067.00
#29High confidenceProductivityETEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Education Teachers, Postsecondary remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 29% • SOC 25-1081.00
#30High confidenceCoordinationFAEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Farm and Home Management Educators remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 28% • SOC 25-9021.00
#31High confidenceInsightCTEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 27% • SOC 25-1122.00
#32High confidenceOperationsMHCommunity and Social Service • Educational Services
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 27% • SOC 21-1023.00
#33High confidenceWorkflowETEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 25% • SOC 25-1032.00
#34High confidenceExecutionBTEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Business Teachers, Postsecondary remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 24% • SOC 25-1011.00
#35High confidenceProductivityELEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 24% • SOC 25-1123.00
#36High confidenceWorkflowASEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 23% • SOC 25-1041.00
#37High confidenceAnalysisATEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 21% • SOC 25-1031.00
#38High confidencePlanningFAEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 20% • SOC 25-1192.00
#39High confidenceWorkflowFLEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary remains mostly human-led, with selective automation opportunities in support work.
Exposure benchmark: 20% • SOC 25-1124.00
#40High confidenceProductivityPTEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary is currently AI-resistant due to physical, trust-based, or high-judgment responsibilities.
Exposure benchmark: 19% • SOC 25-1066.00
#41Medium confidenceToolingLTEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Law Teachers, Postsecondary is currently AI-resistant due to physical, trust-based, or high-judgment responsibilities.
Exposure benchmark: 16% • SOC 25-1112.00
#42Medium confidenceWorkflowSWEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary is currently AI-resistant due to physical, trust-based, or high-judgment responsibilities.
Exposure benchmark: 16% • SOC 25-1113.00
#43High confidenceWorkflowAEEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary is currently AI-resistant due to physical, trust-based, or high-judgment responsibilities.
Exposure benchmark: 15% • SOC 25-1062.00
#44High confidenceWorkflowRAEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary is currently AI-resistant due to physical, trust-based, or high-judgment responsibilities.
Exposure benchmark: 15% • SOC 25-1193.00
#45High confidenceWorkflowAEducational Instruction and Library • Educational Services
Archivists is currently AI-resistant due to physical, trust-based, or high-judgment responsibilities.
Exposure benchmark: 14% • SOC 25-4011.00